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Fuel economy of older jet boats
JimH wrote:
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. There are a considerable number of variables here, which you picked up on but were lost on Reggie. Could be is the right answer. |
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