An article I thought you guys might enjoy on high HP motors

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An article I thought you guys might enjoy on high HP motors

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If I am out offshore 80 miles on the Gulf of Mexico; gonna take me 4 hours to get out and 4 hours to get in. Too deep to anchor, but I can setup a radar alarm and quit fishin at sundown or say 8pm, clean fish while underway, set the speed at 10mph, keep a radar alarm and go to sleep. Not sure if I'll sleep or not..but I can't get home in one hour!
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Yeah, its gotta be a real hoot running 1700 hp at current gas prices! 8O

My 250 is costing me about US$140/hr at 28 kts ATM!

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BarraMan wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:21 am Yeah, its gotta be a real hoot running 1700 hp at current gas prices! 8O

My 250 is costing me about US$140/hr at 28 kts ATM!
The Skoota will run about 4mpg @ say 10kts cruise, call it $15 an hour.
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I “would get” closer to 20mpg if I was allowed to use my boat. Then again… I hope I’m only using it about 5min per trip.

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