Roger wrote:
How much gas did you burn this Memorial Day weekend (Sat-Sun-Mon) in
your boat(s)?

Me first: 29 gallons @ $2.87/gal.

My little Chris Craft Scorption 169 did pretty good. it's got a 3.0- 4
banger.

Took my nephew out to Lake Carlisle, and turned the whole lake (approx.
20+ mi.) on 8 gal of gas.

I don't hammer the boat. but run about 3,000 rpm, which is plane speed
+ a bit extra.

it comeso ut of the hole pretty soft, so I cram it WOT. but when the
bow drops it speeds rather quickly, so I back the trottle down to
3-3200 and it moves quite well.

We did some pittering around in the shallow places. the wheel would
start to jerk a bit and I noticed the gray/blue mud coming from the
stern. Elevated the prop a bit and idled though about 100 yards of
muck, then back up to speed.

Stopped, swam, a bit, then hit it again.

it was a blast!

The beat up old mercury gran marquis didn't do too bad either. It used
8.05 gal to pull the boat 129 mi. round trip. at $2.74 per gal.

not a Monday cruise for not much fuel.