Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:57:56 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Some small tests I've run on Son of Yo Ho indicate about 3.5 mpg at 26
mph. At your boat's speeds, my mileage goes down. 10 miles an hour equals
about 2 mpg.
So what?

Score another one for ETEC. The slower I go, the less fuel I use.

WHOO HOO!!!



You might wanna think that statement through.
At 3.8 mph, I burn about .65 gph, for almost 5 mpg, but I don't run at
that speed, even though that is more mpg than I get at cruise. I'm
talking practical running speeds here. At a 6 mph trolling speed, I get
about 4 mpg, which is a bit higher than my normail mpg at cruise, but
not very much. MPG drops for a while, but starts picking up again at 18
mph. 4000 rpm is really the sweet spot for my rig...3.5 mpg and 26 mph.

Do you have any metered results?