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Posted: **Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:03 pm**

Thanks for the reminder Tim...

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:23 pm**

Staying at 6 to 8 works great now i just need more time getting some of this muck off my bottom, piss poor bottom paint is all i can say

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:47 pm**

Huh ? how long has the the paint been on ?

Posted: **Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:50 pm**

2nd season for the bottom paint....

Posted: **Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:30 pm**

I just ran my boat about 80 miles at 8.5 mph. Got about 1 mpg. Ran it back at 20 mph for about 55 miles (direct route) and ran about .5 mpg (needs a tune up). Enjoyed the trip up. I wish I was retired and could spend the time to go slow more often.

Posted: **Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:08 pm**

mpg or nmpg ?

RWS

Posted: **Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:32 pm**

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:35 pm**

The F32 that I run I've found that at an easy cruise (2600 rpm) the farther I stuff the trim tabs, the more speed I gain.......but it's a handful to wheel it around with the bow that low

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:19 pm**

Ok, lets fess up here! who has been enjoying themselves, cruising along at their "Hull Speed" and had one of those dam sailboaters just "blow" on by them with no regard to their wake or all that darn wind-noise from their sails!!!!

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:03 am**

Not passed by any sailboats but lots of small runabouts on plane!
I'm running at 1500 rpm and around 8/9 mph and getting 2.13 mpg on the port engine... As we've been anchoring out so much the Genny has been running of the starboard tank so throws off the numbers... Just halve that for corrected total engine consumption.

24 days duration, 12 destinations, 91.8 miles, 43.14 gals on port tank, 14.8 hrs running, 14.7 gals est: on Genny.

Maybe I need to slow down a touch to squeeze out a bit better efficiency...... Nah, I like that speed!

To see more photos of my trip go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79664671@N00/

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:55 am**

Ready , where you running on 1 engine or or both ? If both you were really getting about 1.07 mpg if I am reading it correctly . bring down the speed to around 6-7 mph would bring up the numbers for sure , But if you like 8-9 carry on

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Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:53 am**

I ran 8.5 at about 8.5 mpg. I calculated hull speed based on about a 35 foot waterline. I probably still ran too fast.

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:04 am**

todd brinkerhoff wrote:I ran 8.5 at about 8.5 mpg. I calculated hull speed based on about a 35 foot waterline. I probably still ran too fast.

Todd , 8.5 mpg ? Or do do mean 8.5 gph ?

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:05 am**

Sorry 1 mpg....

Posted: **Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:30 am**

todd brinkerhoff wrote:Sorry 1 mpg....

Close call I getting ready to pull out the diesels .

Bring it down to 7 knots and I bet the mpg goes way up .

On paper (diesel calulator ) @9 knots 2.0 mpg @7 knots over 3.5 mpg , I will be trying this in real life soon .

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