ONE GALLON A MILE IS NORMAL
I have TWIN 4.3
Volvo Penta ,
6 cylinder Chevy Vortec engines
If you plan on long voyages on gas engines , Fill ups you will CRY
Over the 6 years of owing my boat , No matter what
experiment I do I still get same gas mileage , 1 engine hours - 2 engines slow - 10 knots , 20 knots . ONE GALLON A MILE
I seldom go fast ,
Sail boats pass me
Past summer I went on a 50 mile trip , Topping off when leaving
Get too
destination , topping off fuel , checking
oil discovered
raw water pump failure ,Water circulating never effecting temp but
salt did damage too
alternator , start coil pak , weeks later starter ,
Following day returning too port one engine - around 8 knots
took around 8 hours . get too home port , topped off
Burned same amount of gas .
You would think going slow just pushing over water , basically little faster then idle Still burned 50 gallons
I have been considering a different styled boat a
motor yacht , since were retired , want too cruise weeks , I am so afraid on a wrong
purchase
Lots of Silertons , Carvers , show beautiful , many within my
budget ( willing too spend on a boat ) all had gas engines.
Trawlers burn 2 gallons a hour , but not crazy about looks ,
Was considering sail , but recent
health issues concerns me ,
Then if I get something too big will I take out often or it will sit as a
dock queen with a 20 ft cobia tied too transom ,
fishing , fun
Presently Gas at marina is $ 3.19 gallon down from $ 4.39 ( last year )
During recent weeks Gas has gone up $ 50 cents a gallon on the Street ,
I expect marina gas too go back too were it was possibly reaching $ 5.00 bucks a gallon . ( talk at gas
dock )