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'Cruising' Sweet Spot
Jim wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ... It was too rough on the Bay Saturday for me to want to extend the "testing" to the higher RPM ranges, but I did note that the apparent sweet spot for my little Parker and its Yamaha F150 is 4000 RPM. At that engine speed, with three guys aboard, plus 75 gallons of fuel (3/4 tank), fishing gear, three batteries, cooler full of ice, et cetera, the GPS and the boat speedo agreed we were doing 27 mph and the fuel management meter said we were getting precisely 4.5 mpg. I don't know whether that is good, bad, or indifferent; it just is. On a different day but with a similar load, we saw 41+ mph at 6000 rpm. I don't recall either the the *exact* gph or mpg at that speed, but it was typical for a 150 hp engine...using the one gph per 10 hp "formula." There's really no need to run at that speed, so I rarely do. My Parker is relatively heavy for its length (2850 pounds, sans engine, fuel and gear), and has 21 degrees of deadrise at the transom, so comparisons with lighter boats with flatter bottoms aren't too relevant. Ahhh, 3 on board. A stooges reunion perhaps? *Three* batteries on a small CC without a trolling motor? WTF? |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:10 -0400, HK wrote: http://www.boattest.com/oem/general-...484#TestResult Wide open it guzzles 14.7 gph x $4.5/gallon at the marina = $66/hour I wouldn't run it wide open, either...(c; Saw another twin-engined high-speed center console for sale at the marina Sunday...500 horsepower. Crikey. They are dime a dozen here in Florida, almost standard equipment for serious open boat fishing. There are quite a few triples running around also, and even a few quads. One of the local quads is run by US Customs and Border Patrol - our tax payer dollars at work. :-) http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/232/p4290099lh8.jpg Why is the counter-rotating prop on the outside rather than the middle? For docking? I don't see the advantage. |
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'Cruising' Sweet Spot
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:00:57 -0400, DK
wrote: *Three* batteries on a small CC without a trolling motor? WTF? Electric beer cooling? Actually that wouldn't take that much juice. My guess is that it did have a trolling motor. Casady |
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'Cruising' Sweet Spot
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:00:57 -0400, DK wrote: *Three* batteries on a small CC without a trolling motor? WTF? Electric beer cooling? Actually that wouldn't take that much juice. My guess is that it did have a trolling motor. Casady Nope, no trolling motor. Never had one. The boat came with *two* batteries, Richard, and I simply added a third, which I put inside the center console, along with a switch or two. |
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