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Old 03-16-2016, 08:21 AM   #15
tallswede
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City: Baytown, Texas
Vessel Name: Islander
Vessel Model: Prairie 36
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Originally Posted by 2dboat View Post
We sold her last summer but our 1963 34ft Chris Craft Constellation with original twin 283V8's consistently burned 4 gallons per hour at 8mph when we river cruised. So at a "trawler like" speed we got 2mpg. For fairly antiquated technology I always thought that was reasonable. Of course at 25mph all bets were off...
I had a 27' Constellation with the same power. Same year as yours. Loved that boat.

Kevin
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