On Aug 8, 2:45*am, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:24:27 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Turns out is really is his.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/gore-hi...-massive-new-h...

Well, to answer the question...

Now we know it is his. *:)

According to the article you cited, the boat burns biodiesel at the
rate
of 2 gallons an hour...so...what's your point? Your little boat burns
more
fuel than that.

Is that at idle? *Most houseboats 50-60' get about 1 mpg. *Even doubling
the
mileage via diesel, sats the boat is going to go 4 mph to achive a 2
gallon
/per hour burn. *And the boat is a lot bigger than the 1mpg ones.

Sounds bogus to me too. We rented a 65' on Lake Powell and it had two
4 stroke 60s on it (just like mine). At very close to WOT this thing
did about 8 MPH. From my experience with my engine I put the
consumption at 2x4GPH (8) or the 1 MPG you stated

My... you wouldn't want to cruise too far on that rig.

We went out of Page, cruised down about 3 "fingers" in the lake and it
took a couple hours.
It is really not bad because you really end up anchored up on the
beach anyway and you are just looking for a private one.
My only real gripe was you needed to get the 75' to get topside
steering so you are basically just a bus driver with no mirrors.
We really couldn't justify a 3 stateroom 75' boat for the two of us.

Thinking of doing a houseboat vacation on Powell with the kids and grandbaby
in maybe a year. *Any good pointers? *Will bring the jetboat also.- Hide quoted text -

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When we go on our fishing trip, we took our bass boats with us, towed
them behind the houseboat. That way, besides fishing, you could go to
a marina for supplies, etc. The **** tank seems to get full pretty
quick, but then there were usually 7 or 8 of us, eating real well.
Take along dvds because you may be in a place where there's no tv
reception. Also, check with them about their lines. We rented a
houseboat one time and they didn't have much for lines to tie up
anywhere. We would find a cove and run the houseboat in bow first to
have access to land. A storm came and whipped the houseboat around so
much that both of the inadequate lines they gave us broke.