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Fuel economy of older jet boats
"Mark" wrote in message
... I'm seeing many older jet boats, say the 2000 sea-doo challenger 1800 or 2002 sea-doo islandia for sale locally. What are the fuel economy on these older ones? Anyone know where you can find the information out? Someone told me they get 5 hours on a tank, but I see the have 41gal tanks, so they are burning 8 gal/hour? Jet boats use more fuel that a similarly sized prop boat. It's less efficient to push with a jet. I've heard numbers around 30% or so. They are much safer and also are good if you boat in areas with a lot of shallow water. But even with a prop boat expect the gas to be expensive. Boats use a lot of gas. When we take out our 19 1/2' bow rider out on the lake it's usually a 100 bucks or so if we make a whole day of it. We have a 760cc yamaha jetski as well and it can run through some gas fast. |
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