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Date: Mon May 21 2007 - 15:07:20 EDT
Pascal
Have always enjoyed reading your posts. One check mark for repowering
with smaller, lighter engines, most likely way more fuel efficient as well.
Ernest
On Mon, 21 May 2007 14:55:37 -0400, "Pascal Gademer"
<> wrote :
> while my boat isn't a trawler, it will not get on plane with its 325hp
> 8V71Ns. top speed is 14kts, 15kts maybe on a good day burning.. i don't
> even know !
>
> i always run around 9kts in deep water... (more like 8 to 8.5 in shallow
> biscayne bay) at about 1450 rpm, whihc is fast enough to keep
temperatures
> where they need to be. If i ever repower, I'll look into smaller
> engines...no point in keeping 7000lbs of iron on board...
>
> pascal
> miami, fl
> 70 hatteras 53my
> live helmcam www.sandbarhopper.com/#cam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arild Jensen" <>
> > A number of listees have mentioned they seldom if ever run at maximum
> > throttle because of the excessive fuel burn that produces. Evidently
these
> > boats were built with oversized engines.
> > Engines that can be delivered in varying HP sizes have much longer life
> > expectancy in the lower power range than when maximum power is
extracted.
> >
> > Seems to me the whole boating industry is due for a reality check when
it
> > comes to determining engine horse power for a given hull size.
Trawlers in
> > particular do not benefit from over powering the boat. They simply dig
> > bigger holes in the water and tend to empty the owner's wallet faster.
> >
> > What say the list members?
> >
> > Arild
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