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Old 02-28-2020, 08:37 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by rslifkin View Post
What engines? If he's burning that much with diesels, then either that's one seriously inefficient hull or it's propped very wrong. If he's got gassers (looks like both were an option in that boat), then 28 gph at 18 kts is actually pretty decent. With my older, carb-ed gassers in a boat of similar size and maybe a hair less weight, I burn somewhere around 30 - 32 gph at 18 kts.
QSB330. It is dead on the book numbers!!! So we have to assume hull shape. He is definitely not overpropped as he gets Max RPM+. Hard to tell on electronic engines for underprop since the governor is electronic(fuel cutoff). But I think his props are very close to what they should be.
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