I'll buy a little more fuel at trolling speeds than I
would with a full displacement boat,
Paul, someone previously suggested that the difference might be 25%. Are
you expecting to loose that much efficiency i.e. use 25% more fuel while
trolling?
I suspect that the real number varies all over the place, according to which
two boats you are comparing; but that is probably a good ball park number
for a typical full displacement troller compared to a typical
semi-displacement cruiser. It really does cost a whole lot of fuel to drag
a flat transom through the water, and the wider the boat the worse it gets.
I'm getting off pretty easy only because my main hull is so narrow, and
hence the flat transom area that I'm dragging through the water is much less.
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Paul and Cindy Kruse :: KJV Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you,
165 South Kenneth Court :: my peace I give unto you:
Merritt Island, FL 32952 :: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
E-mail: plkruse@iu.net :: Let not your heart be troubled,
407-453-6206 :: neither let it be afraid.
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At 10:25 PM 9/21/99 -0400, "Glen & Karen" <karenandglen@erols.com> wrote:
>>I'll buy a little more fuel at trolling speeds than I
>>would with a full displacement boat,
>
>Paul, someone previously suggested that the difference might be 25%. Are
>you expecting to loose that much efficiency i.e. use 25% more fuel while
>trolling?
I suspect that the real number varies all over the place, according to which
two boats you are comparing; but that is probably a good ball park number
for a typical full displacement troller compared to a typical
semi-displacement cruiser. It really does cost a whole lot of fuel to drag
a flat transom through the water, and the wider the boat the worse it gets.
I'm getting off pretty easy only because my main hull is so narrow, and
hence the flat transom area that I'm dragging through the water is much less.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
::
Paul and Cindy Kruse :: KJV Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you,
165 South Kenneth Court :: my peace I give unto you:
Merritt Island, FL 32952 :: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
E-mail: plkruse@iu.net :: Let not your heart be troubled,
407-453-6206 :: neither let it be afraid.
::
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