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On 10/22/10 2:17 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:41:45 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: At eight knots, according to the boat manufacturer and engine distributor, the boat will burn between 3.5 and four gallons of diesel an hour. I did no fuel burn testing yesterday. That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul. If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself, and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What the heck, it's only money big spender. Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a little higher, too. I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to pay for the fuel. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote: That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul. If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself, and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What the heck, it's only money big spender. Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a little higher, too. I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to pay for the fuel. I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it burned too much fuel. |
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On 10/22/10 2:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul. If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself, and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What the heck, it's only money big spender. Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a little higher, too. I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to pay for the fuel. I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it burned too much fuel. It was that my Harry could not afford the fuel, as a good global citizen, no one should own a boat that big unless he was a commercial fisherman. My Harry believed that anyone with a large boat, should be taxed till they could no longer afford it. He also believes we should outlaw handguns. -- Dr. Karen Grear For a good time contact a bricklayer. Bricklayers do it longer and harder. |
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On 10/22/10 2:38 PM, Dr. Karen Grear, MD, PhD, STD wrote:
On 10/22/10 2:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul. If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself, and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What the heck, it's only money big spender. Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a little higher, too. I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to pay for the fuel. I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it burned too much fuel. It wasn't that my Harry could not afford the fuel, as a good global citizen, no one should own a boat that big unless he was a commercial fisherman. My Harry believed that anyone with a large boat, should be taxed till they could no longer afford it. He also believes we should outlaw handguns. Edit -- Dr. Karen Grear For a good time contact a bricklayer. Bricklayers do it longer and harder. |
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On 10/22/10 2:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:28:28 -0400, Secular Humouresque wrote: That's probably about right for 8 kts but you will carbon up your turbos and rings in no time at all if you run at that speed for long durations. Fuel will look cheap compared to the overhaul. If I were you, I'd be out on it today. Once you get the hang of docking a twin engine boat it should be easy to take out by yourself, and you can probably run all day on only $300 to $600 of fuel. What the heck, it's only money big spender. Busy today; I'm not retired. Sunday looks good. Temps supposed to be a little higher, too. I'm pleased *you* are so concerned about how much I might spend on fuel while boating, w'hine, but I'm not concerned. I rarely run a boat's engines "all day," and on those occasions when I do, I have the money to pay for the fuel. I'm sure some of our resident archivists will be able to dig up the post where you explained why you sold the 24 ft Parker because it burned too much fuel. Nope. That Parker was pretty efficient at cruise speeds, about 11-12 gph if memory serves. My last Parker burned 6-7 gph at cruise speeds. Of course, the assholes here can make a post and its headers say whatever they want. They really should get some help with their obsession. And you should lighten up, w'hine. -- Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People! |
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