On Jul 3, 2:31*pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:46:08 +0000, Larry wrote:

In a Sea Rayder 16' jetboat, the 175hp, 6-cylinder Sport Jet will
guzzle around 14-20 gallons a day, especially if you drive it
like you stole it or pull skiiers for hours.

That statement is useless without a time factor better than 'per
day',
Eight hour day would be maybe 2 gallons per hour. I don't think that
is what you meant.

Casady

Really, and 14-20 gallons wouldn't be that much for any boater with
an engine around that size who ran at a high cruise or was pulling
tubes or skiers.

You don't pull skiers, wakeboarders or tubes at high cruise.

Try reading the sentence again, braindead.

"...ran at high cruise *or* was pulling tubes or skiers."

My experience is that pulling a skier/tube at 3000 rpm, or a
wakeboarder at 2200 rpm would burn about the same or maybe slightly
more than running at 3400 without towing anyone.

What have you noticed when you are pulling skiers/wakerboarders and
tubers?

What I noticed is you cannot properly decode a simple sentence.

So are you saying there is *no appreciable difference between cruising
at 3400 rpm and pulling water toys at 2200-3200?



Could be IMO. Depends on the boat and how it is powered.