Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

"HK" wrote in message
...
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:17:31 -0500, BAR wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:36:18 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following
well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

http://capehornboats.com/index_files/Page540.htm
I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that
had
that same color scheme.
I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in
micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!

That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of
the gunnels, or are those optical illusions?

Forgot...I love this part:

· Triple F350 Yamaha’s - 67mph

· Triple F250 Yamaha’s - 58mph

· Twin F350 Yamaha’s - 56mph

· Triple 250 Evinrude ETEC’s - 58mph

· Triple 300 Evinrude ETEC’s — TBA


Not because of the high speeds, which are sort of silly, but because
of the fuel burn that sort of hardware implies. What do we have here,
50 gallons an hour at cruise to go fishing? Insanity.


It *kinda* makes sense, if you can find conditions suitable to go
offshore at 70mph without pounding your kidneys into your hip pockets.

Here, we have to go out 30 miles to get into the Gulf Stream. A fast
trip out gives more time on the water to fish... and the professional
and tournament fishing guys are always looking for more speed.

Fuel burn (gph) goes through the roof, but the MPG figure stays pretty
steady for a given hull.

You want silly? Look at Fountain fishing boats.... go-fasts with rod
holders.
What do you troll for at 90mph?

Sports cars...



Fuel capacity, 410 gallons. Let's see, 410 gallons at $3.25 a gallon =
$1300+ bucks. If you trailer and buy on the road. Marina likely higher.

410 gallons of gas at about 7 pounds a gallon, give or take. 2800 pounds
of gasoline aboard.


With each fillup, you get one free psychiatric examination.

snerk




Get Dr. Dr. to pay for the gas. So you do one 400 gallon fillup or 10 40
gallon fillups. You might get a discount with the 400 gallon fillup.

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

On Feb 3, 5:39 pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:17:31 -0500, BAR wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:36:18 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following
well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

http://capehornboats.com/index_files/Page540.htm
I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that
had
that same color scheme.
I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in
micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!

That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of
the gunnels, or are those optical illusions?

Forgot...I love this part:

· Triple F350 Yamaha's - 67mph

· Triple F250 Yamaha's - 58mph

· Twin F350 Yamaha's - 56mph

· Triple 250 Evinrude ETEC's - 58mph

· Triple 300 Evinrude ETEC's -- TBA

Not because of the high speeds, which are sort of silly, but because
of the fuel burn that sort of hardware implies. What do we have here,
50 gallons an hour at cruise to go fishing? Insanity.

It *kinda* makes sense, if you can find conditions suitable to go
offshore at 70mph without pounding your kidneys into your hip pockets..

Here, we have to go out 30 miles to get into the Gulf Stream. A fast
trip out gives more time on the water to fish... and the professional
and tournament fishing guys are always looking for more speed.

Fuel burn (gph) goes through the roof, but the MPG figure stays pretty
steady for a given hull.

You want silly? Look at Fountain fishing boats.... go-fasts with rod
holders.
What do you troll for at 90mph?

Sports cars...

Fuel capacity, 410 gallons. Let's see, 410 gallons at $3.25 a gallon =
$1300+ bucks. If you trailer and buy on the road. Marina likely higher.

410 gallons of gas at about 7 pounds a gallon, give or take. 2800 pounds
of gasoline aboard.

With each fillup, you get one free psychiatric examination.

snerk

Get Dr. Dr. to pay for the gas. So you do one 400 gallon fillup or 10 40
gallon fillups. You might get a discount with the 400 gallon fillup.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm wondering what the burn rate is for the Zimmerman like lobster
boat!

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

On Feb 3, 5:39 pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

...





Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:17:31 -0500, BAR wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:36:18 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following
well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.

Too bad.

Now, onto other boats.

http://capehornboats.com/index_files/Page540.htm
I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that
had
that same color scheme.
I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in
micro$oft's
browser.

When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.

I hope they do better with the boats!

That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of
the gunnels, or are those optical illusions?

Forgot...I love this part:

· Triple F350 Yamaha's - 67mph

· Triple F250 Yamaha's - 58mph

· Twin F350 Yamaha's - 56mph

· Triple 250 Evinrude ETEC's - 58mph

· Triple 300 Evinrude ETEC's -- TBA

Not because of the high speeds, which are sort of silly, but because
of the fuel burn that sort of hardware implies. What do we have here,
50 gallons an hour at cruise to go fishing? Insanity.

It *kinda* makes sense, if you can find conditions suitable to go
offshore at 70mph without pounding your kidneys into your hip pockets..

Here, we have to go out 30 miles to get into the Gulf Stream. A fast
trip out gives more time on the water to fish... and the professional
and tournament fishing guys are always looking for more speed.

Fuel burn (gph) goes through the roof, but the MPG figure stays pretty
steady for a given hull.

You want silly? Look at Fountain fishing boats.... go-fasts with rod
holders.
What do you troll for at 90mph?

Sports cars...

Fuel capacity, 410 gallons. Let's see, 410 gallons at $3.25 a gallon =
$1300+ bucks. If you trailer and buy on the road. Marina likely higher.

410 gallons of gas at about 7 pounds a gallon, give or take. 2800 pounds
of gasoline aboard.

With each fillup, you get one free psychiatric examination.

snerk

Get Dr. Dr. to pay for the gas. So you do one 400 gallon fillup or 10 40
gallon fillups. You might get a discount with the 400 gallon fillup.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

wrote:
On Feb 3, 5:39 pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

...





Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:17:31 -0500, BAR wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:36:18 -0500, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:32:57 -0800 (PST), Tim penned the following
well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
On Feb 2, 2:55 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
Sadly, that's it for the Grady.
Too bad.
Now, onto other boats.
http://capehornboats.com/index_files/Page540.htm
I was really young, but I think my uncle bought a new Edsel that
had
that same color scheme.
I think that is the first (apparently professional) website I have
ever seen that was written so poorly as to only display in
micro$oft's
browser.
When it didn't display in FoxFire, I checked the index page and it
failed validation with 539 errors.
I hope they do better with the boats!
That is one butt-ugly boat, and what's with the huge decks on top of
the gunnels, or are those optical illusions?
Forgot...I love this part:
· Triple F350 Yamaha's - 67mph
· Triple F250 Yamaha's - 58mph
· Twin F350 Yamaha's - 56mph
· Triple 250 Evinrude ETEC's - 58mph
· Triple 300 Evinrude ETEC's -- TBA
Not because of the high speeds, which are sort of silly, but because
of the fuel burn that sort of hardware implies. What do we have here,
50 gallons an hour at cruise to go fishing? Insanity.
It *kinda* makes sense, if you can find conditions suitable to go
offshore at 70mph without pounding your kidneys into your hip pockets.
Here, we have to go out 30 miles to get into the Gulf Stream. A fast
trip out gives more time on the water to fish... and the professional
and tournament fishing guys are always looking for more speed.
Fuel burn (gph) goes through the roof, but the MPG figure stays pretty
steady for a given hull.
You want silly? Look at Fountain fishing boats.... go-fasts with rod
holders.
What do you troll for at 90mph?
Sports cars...
Fuel capacity, 410 gallons. Let's see, 410 gallons at $3.25 a gallon =
$1300+ bucks. If you trailer and buy on the road. Marina likely higher.
410 gallons of gas at about 7 pounds a gallon, give or take. 2800 pounds
of gasoline aboard.
With each fillup, you get one free psychiatric examination.
snerk
Get Dr. Dr. to pay for the gas. So you do one 400 gallon fillup or 10 40
gallon fillups. You might get a discount with the 400 gallon fillup.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..

I would be concerned about buying a used boat with very few hours on the
meter. While most boaters will fog their engine in the winter, I would
think you would have the same problem with rust in the cylinders and
clogged jets when you use the boat is not used for months at a time.

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

HK wrote:
wrote:

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..


I put about 30 hours on my new Parker's engine before the season ended,
and burned about 55 gallons of gasoline in the process, according to the
flow meter. How much gas did you burn in your string trimmer?

That is more than you normally use in a year. I would guess you will be
back to normal usage this year.

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..


I put about 30 hours on my new Parker's engine before the season ended,
and burned about 55 gallons of gasoline in the process, according to the
flow meter. How much gas did you burn in your string trimmer?

If my math is correct that's about 1.8333333333333 GPH. My guess is that you
didn't get that barge above hull speed much.

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

"Jim" wrote in message
...

"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..


I put about 30 hours on my new Parker's engine before the season ended,
and burned about 55 gallons of gasoline in the process, according to the
flow meter. How much gas did you burn in your string trimmer?

If my math is correct that's about 1.8333333333333 GPH. My guess is that
you didn't get that barge above hull speed much.

That's just about what Mrs.E.'s boat burns running wide open.

Eisboch

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..


I put about 30 hours on my new Parker's engine before the season ended,
and burned about 55 gallons of gasoline in the process, according to the
flow meter. How much gas did you burn in your string trimmer?

If my math is correct that's about 1.8333333333333 GPH. My guess is that
you didn't get that barge above hull speed much.

That's just about what Mrs.E.'s boat burns running wide open.

Eisboch

I guess the old Krauster can't protest your extravagant fuel burn rate too
much. I wonder why his runabout is such a gas hog?

Well the Grady is out of the running...
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
...
"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

I think one 10 gallon fillup should cover his boating for a few years..

I put about 30 hours on my new Parker's engine before the season ended,
and burned about 55 gallons of gasoline in the process, according to the
flow meter. How much gas did you burn in your string trimmer?
If my math is correct that's about 1.8333333333333 GPH. My guess is that
you didn't get that barge above hull speed much.

That's just about what Mrs.E.'s boat burns running wide open.

Eisboch



Yeah, but Harry's is an offshore battlewagon.