"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:08:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


On my Ranger, with my sexy high tech ETEC engine, at 9 knots, I burn
just under 2 gph.

Curious huh?

Yes. Touchdown for diesel power!

Similar amount of fuel used, moving a much heavier boat with much less
horsepower.

Case closed.

Well, not really.

I can't see your GB going 50 mph on the way to the fishing grounds.

Case reopened. :)



Now wait a cottin' pickin' minute. Your're getting as slippery as Harry.

Nobody talked about maximum speed.

We were comparing fuel burn rates *at* 8-9 kts. and the efficiency of
doing so.
Your Etec, with what? 200hp? is moving a *much* lighter boat at 9 kts,
burning roughly the same amount of fuel as a 120 hp diesel pushing a 30,000
lb boat at 8 kts.

Plus .... (hehehe) let me know when your Etec will need a rebuild. At
6000 hrs, the little Leyman diesel in the GB is about halfway through it's
service life before rebuild according to American Diesel.

Eisboch

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:01:30 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:55:35 -0500, "Jim"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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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 about what my ETEC gets WOT.

Oil? :-)

Huh?

Just a dig, notice the :-)

Jim wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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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.


Most of the fishing spots I frequent aren't that far from the launch
ramps I use, 10-15 miles would be the furthest, I'd guess. The Bay is
less than 10 miles across from me, and when I trailer down to the
Patuxent to the launch ramp there, there are dozens of spots to fish
within five miles of that ramp. I don't see any reason to run a boat at
high speeds for two or three or four hours to catch the same sort of
fish I can catch locally.

When I lived in Florida, I mostly fished in the ICW and the ocean inlets
and within a mile or two of shore. Great fishing. I did run offshore for
the reefs, but, again, there was no need to do that when you could catch
a 40-pound kingfish 300 yards off the beach.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:55:35 -0500, "Jim"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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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 about what my ETEC gets WOT.

Ok, that's a slight exaggeration.

I'll admit it. :)


Etec? Etecs spend most of their lives in the shop, waiting for parts
from France.

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:08:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Jim" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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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.

Just out of curiosity, what's the speed WOT?

8-8.5 kts. 120hp 28,000 lb boat (empty) more like 30-32k lbs. loaded.

I was just trying to point out how misleading Harry's reported "numbers"
could be to some. They may be accurate for how he happened to operate his
boat last year, but the numbers should not be construed as being typical for
that engine or boat. All you have to do is look up fuel burn rates versus
RPM for the Yamaha 150 four stroke.

Eisboch




Misleading? Gee, I have an hour meter and a fuel use meter. At my cruise
speed, I seem to burn around 5GPH, and that cruise speed will easily
take me to the other side of the bay and back in under an hour.

"HK" wrote in message
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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?

Misleading? Gee, I have an hour meter and a fuel use meter. At my cruise
speed, I seem to burn around 5GPH, and that cruise speed will easily take
me to the other side of the bay and back in under an hour.



But that's not what you said. Here's what you said that generated my
statement of being "misleading":

"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."


I commented that those numbers may be accurate in terms of how you operated
*your* boat last season, but should be construed as being typical.

Eisboch

"HK" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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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.


Most of the fishing spots I frequent aren't that far from the launch ramps
I use, 10-15 miles would be the furthest, I'd guess. The Bay is less than
10 miles across from me, and when I trailer down to the Patuxent to the
launch ramp there, there are dozens of spots to fish within five miles of
that ramp. I don't see any reason to run a boat at high speeds for two or
three or four hours to catch the same sort of fish I can catch locally.

When I lived in Florida, I mostly fished in the ICW and the ocean inlets
and within a mile or two of shore. Great fishing. I did run offshore for
the reefs, but, again, there was no need to do that when you could catch a
40-pound kingfish 300 yards off the beach.

Logical explanation as to why those numbers are as they are. I do think you
have too much boat for the job, though.

Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:08:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

On my Ranger, with my sexy high tech ETEC engine, at 9 knots, I burn
just under 2 gph.

Curious huh?
Yes. Touchdown for diesel power!

Similar amount of fuel used, moving a much heavier boat with much less
horsepower.

Case closed.
Well, not really.

I can't see your GB going 50 mph on the way to the fishing grounds.

Case reopened. :)



Now wait a cottin' pickin' minute. Your're getting as slippery as Harry.

Nobody talked about maximum speed.

We were comparing fuel burn rates *at* 8-9 kts. and the efficiency of
doing so.
Your Etec, with what? 200hp? is moving a *much* lighter boat at 9 kts,
burning roughly the same amount of fuel as a 120 hp diesel pushing a 30,000
lb boat at 8 kts.

Plus .... (hehehe) let me know when your Etec will need a rebuild. At
6000 hrs, the little Leyman diesel in the GB is about halfway through it's
service life before rebuild according to American Diesel.

Eisboch



I want to see SWS or Harry spend the night in their boat.

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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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?
Misleading? Gee, I have an hour meter and a fuel use meter. At my cruise
speed, I seem to burn around 5GPH, and that cruise speed will easily take
me to the other side of the bay and back in under an hour.



But that's not what you said. Here's what you said that generated my
statement of being "misleading":

"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."


I commented that those numbers may be accurate in terms of how you operated
*your* boat last season, but should be construed as being typical.

Eisboch




They were typical enough at this end.

Hey...I just dropped my first $900 of the not-yet-here season on the boat.

"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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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?
Misleading? Gee, I have an hour meter and a fuel use meter. At my cruise
speed, I seem to burn around 5GPH, and that cruise speed will easily
take me to the other side of the bay and back in under an hour.



But that's not what you said. Here's what you said that generated my
statement of being "misleading":

"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."


I commented that those numbers may be accurate in terms of how you
operated *your* boat last season, but should be construed as being
typical.

Eisboch


They were typical enough at this end.

Hey...I just dropped my first $900 of the not-yet-here season on the boat.
Wow! what did you buy?