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*JimH* wrote:
I found this at another boating site. The only fully restored and
operational PT boat in existence.

Nice site with pictures and facts of the boat.

http://www.savetheptboatinc.com/


Omigosh.

It would probably cost less to buy that boat than to run it! :-)

500 gph? Wowzers.

From the website:

3000 gallons of 100-octane aviation gasoline (AVGAS) is enough to last
12 hours or 520 miles with engine speed limited to 2000 rpm. This works
out to about 66 gallons of gasoline per hour, per engine at cruising
speed of 35 knots. At maximum rpm, achieving 42+ knots, each engine
consumes 166 gallons (or 500 gallons for all 3 engines) per hour. (3000
gallons lasts about 6 hours at top speed!) The gasoline is held in four
750 gallon self sealing rubber-lined gas tanks. PT658 had her 2 after
gasoline tanks removed, so capacity is cut in half down to only 1500
gallons of gas.


My dad converted a PT boat to Grey Marine diesels (he owned a large machine
shop in the SF Bay area). He went out on the boat before they converted,
and he said is the only thing he ever rode in where you could actually see
the fuel gage move. I see an ad for a 77' yacht in Pacific Sportfishing.
Range 500 miles, fuel capacity 3 or 6000 gallons. Things have not improved,
but I bet the PT gives a more exciting ride.