What is your boat's power to weight ratio?

**314joey** · 04-21-2015, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

.083
I'm sure all that weight makes your boat a wave crusher!

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You are correct, she'll go 70mph with 150 gals of fuel and six people and a case of beer in just about any water.

**Sharp shooter** · 04-21-2015, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by 314joey

You are correct, she'll go 70mph with 150 gals of fuel and six people and a case of beer in just about any water.

How far can you go on a tank if you keep your speed reasonable?

**Busti** · 04-21-2015, 09:58 AM

.158 ratio. I wonder if that's good. Don't know what that means in a boat since the load on a boat engine is like 3 time greater than a car.

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**314joey** · 04-21-2015, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

How far can you go on a tank if you keep your speed reasonable?

She's got a 160 gal tank, but I rarely let it get under a 1/4 tank, it's safer that way, it's got twin efi 502s, if I keep the rpms around 3,500 I can go around 110-120 miles or so depending on more much weight she's got in her.

When we had her in SWF last year we went for a nice drive South from Ft. Myers Beach to Marco Island and back for lunch, that took all the fuel she had that day, we filled her up before we left and she was bone dry when we got home, we did have a few spurts of 4,500-5K rpms though, just playing in the GOM.

At almost $5 bucks a gal that was a expensive lunch that day.........yikes.