On May 16, 9:34 am, HK wrote:


Goddamn, you need a pair of hip waders to trod through your pro-industry
rationalizations.- Hide quoted text -

Beats hell out of a gas mask. :-)

All this discussion makes me appreciate the fuel squeezing 3.0 I ahve
in my ChrisCraft. Spend a good day at the lake for less than $50.00
of gas.

The 23 foot Marquis with it's 350 chevy will be different,
but .........




wrote:
On 16 May 2007 01:27:04 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/WAmetro.asp

Throughout nearly every major market in my home state, retail prices
for refined products were off a fraction of a cent or so on Monday
when compared to the previous day.

By the way, this is an interesting site. You can look up your own
state and track fuel pricing. On the home page of the fuel gauge
report there's a chart tracking the retail and wholesale prices of
refined products, as well as the cost of a bbl of oil at the wellhead.
There are fairly parallel lines in the retail and wholesale prices,
(although the fact that the margin between retail and wholesale is
currently below recent averages tends to dampen any optimism fostered
by a partial cent drop in retail pricing). Looking at the very flat
line on the bottom of the chart, it's easy to visualize that the price
of crude oil has next to zero effect on the price of refined products.

http://research.investopedia.com/new...ad_BC_HZO.aspx
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 12:20:56 -0400, "Eisboch"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Mrs. E bring the equine kids home or something? :)

Naw...

They are supposed to be launching the GB tomorrow or Friday. It was a good
"excuse" to stay over for a few days on the other boat.

I have to leave for a while tomorrow morning, but I'll most likely come
back
in the afternoon. This weekend looks like a washout weather-wise, and I
actually enjoy staying on the boat in that kind of weather.

When I was a kid, the bestest thing EVER was to head out to my Dad's
boat, sit under the overhang and watch the storm go by.

Supposedly I was "tending" the boat during the storm.

At least that's what I told him. He didn't seem to mind. :)

As I kid I loved to sit on our covered patio and watch thunderstorms.
There is nothing like the smell of the fresh air after the storm.

"Tim" wrote in message
ps.com...
All this discussion makes me appreciate the fuel squeezing 3.0 I ahve
in my ChrisCraft. Spend a good day at the lake for less than $50.00
of gas.

The 23 foot Marquis with it's 350 chevy will be different,
but .........




My 4.3L is pretty thrifty also..........not like the twin 5.7L's I had on
the other boat. ;-)

There are going to be a lot of large boats sitting mainly idle this summer.

On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:38:04 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Kind of makes me glad I have an ETEC.

Have you ever figured out your miles per gallon?

The engine on our "new to us" 27 footer is relatively hi tech with
electronic multiport fuel injection, etc. We seem to be averaging
somewhere around 2.2 to 2.3 NMPG which seems decent enough to me for a
6,000 lb boat cruising at 26 to 27 kts.

On Wed, 16 May 2007 18:01:29 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:38:04 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Kind of makes me glad I have an ETEC.

Have you ever figured out your miles per gallon?

Not really if only because it not relevant to me - I think.

On average, I use 3.6 gallons per hour of run time. That includes
cruise, trolling as I very seldom run WOT all the time.

The most I've ever used with the ETEC which was on a beat the weather
run - 5.2 gallons per hour and I made the run from Race Rock to
Westerly WOT @ 50 mph.

Never really figured miles per gallon.

Have you checked rec.boats.paddle? Once you find a buyer for your
Parker, and since you only once ever reported going *anywhere* in your
otherwise absolutely unused and extremely well-hidden lobster boat, I
believe you will be down to "half a canoe".

Oddly, he seems to be shying away from writing about that wonderful lobster
boat lately. Maybe it's in dry-dock. Or maybe the engine is being pulled.
Or maybe it's being repaired from the last rowdy meeting of Yale alumnus on
the boat. One never knows!



Cheers,

William

On Wed, 16 May 2007 23:28:43 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The most I've ever used with the ETEC which was on a beat the weather
run - 5.2 gallons per hour and I made the run from Race Rock to
Westerly WOT @ 50 mph.

Those are good numbers.

How many horsepower?

On Wed, 16 May 2007 21:04:49 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 16 May 2007 23:28:43 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The most I've ever used with the ETEC which was on a beat the weather
run - 5.2 gallons per hour and I made the run from Race Rock to
Westerly WOT @ 50 mph.

Those are good numbers.

How many horsepower?

200, V-6, 90 degree block.

On May 16, 4:06 pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

ps.com...

All this discussion makes me appreciate the fuel squeezing 3.0 I ahve
in my ChrisCraft. Spend a good day at the lake for less than $50.00
of gas.

The 23 foot Marquis with it's 350 chevy will be different,
but .........

My 4.3L is pretty thrifty also..........not like the twin 5.7L's I had on
the other boat. ;-)

There are going to be a lot of large boats sitting mainly idle this summer.


I had ye olde, backwards 283 "vette" engine in my '64 CC Cavalier
cruiser. it had a 50 gal tank and it NEEDED it! push it hard and
you'd think the tank sides would almost collapse!

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