AARON'S ANNOUNCEMENT..... I'VE FOUND 'HER' ! LONG STORY!!

wowzer52 · Post by **wowzer52** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:55 am

Congrats Aaron on your new boat. It sounds like there may be an unseen reason for you to own that boat. What an awsome blessing.

CAP'N, we need pics, lots of pics.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:01 am

k9th wrote:
alexander38 wrote:What size engines do guys have in your tri's. Mine has has 454's and burns 20 gph at 14 knots and 21,000 lbs . Burn rate is est. off usage.
I have the twin Merc 255's. As I said mine do 18kts @ 2,900RPM and burns 25GPH. I established my burn rate during a 680 mile trip to bring her home when I first bought her. My owner's manual lists performance numbers for all engine packages offered that year and are very accurate.

sorry for the delay

i have pleasure craft marine (they build crusader engines too) sea max engines that were put in the boat in 1998. rated at 250hp on a ford 351 block. as for fuel burn etc, i have no clue yet. it's all part of the fun learning curve.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:07 am

aaronbocknek wrote:
k9th wrote:
alexander38 wrote:What size engines do guys have in your tri's. Mine has has 454's and burns 20 gph at 14 knots and 21,000 lbs . Burn rate is est. off usage.
I have the twin Merc 255's. As I said mine do 18kts @ 2,900RPM and burns 25GPH. I established my burn rate during a 680 mile trip to bring her home when I first bought her. My owner's manual lists performance numbers for all engine packages offered that year and are very accurate.
sorry for the delay i have pleasure craft marine (they build crusader engines too) sea max engines that were put in the boat in 1998. rated at 250hp on a ford 351 block. as for fuel burn etc, i have no clue yet. it's all part of the fun learning curve.

Learning the fuel burn is not the "Fun part" of the learing curve

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:15 am

prowlersfish wrote:
aaronbocknek wrote:
k9th wrote: I have the twin Merc 255's. As I said mine do 18kts @ 2,900RPM and burns 25GPH. I established my burn rate during a 680 mile trip to bring her home when I first bought her. My owner's manual lists performance numbers for all engine packages offered that year and are very accurate.
sorry for the delay i have pleasure craft marine (they build crusader engines too) sea max engines that were put in the boat in 1998. rated at 250hp on a ford 351 block. as for fuel burn etc, i have no clue yet. it's all part of the fun learning curve.

Learning the fuel burn is not the "Fun part" of the learing curve

Its usually the very expensive part of the learning curve.