On Apr 8, 11:36*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:04:54 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch



wrote:
On Apr 8, 8:11*pm, Larry wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 7, 11:20 pm, *wrote:

After launching a bunch of Orion 12 guage flares and some Orion hand
helds a few years ago, I have never felt good about them. *However,
the seriously expired Pains-Wessex flares worked very well. *So, I
found that Pains-Wessex is available again in the USA and I bought
some online.
The hand held Orions barely will light even when lit from another
flare whereas soaking wet Pains Wessex flares lit easily. *Almost all
of the expired 12 guage Orions were fizzles often launching but rarely
lighting up whereas the 10 yr expired Pains Wessex rocket flare was
seriously impressive. *So, I now have a LOT of flares of both Pains-
Wessex and Orion brands. *I keep them all in a tupperware style
container.

Nothing I do can possibly compare to my friend who took two
waverunners from Lake Worth to Green Turtle Cay AND BACK without any
escorting vessel.

How did they handle the fuel? *Jerrycans?

Fuel management for the two Waverunners was a major problem because
one was a 2 cycle and the other was a four cycle. *They carried 5
gallon cans of fuel and worked out a way to pump fuel from a can into
the tanks without getting water into them.

If they could refuel in Turtle Cay they should have been able to make
a one way trip on one tank. I really don't know much about the
Bahamas. That may not be a place with a gas dock.These things hold
15-18 gallons *so *5 gallon Jerry can is not much. The guys I know who
have new 4 strokes say they do about 8 GPH if they are not WOT.

It was the 2 stroke that needed re-fueling mid-way between Lake Worth
Inlet and West End.