Re: fuel economy
dbl511,
I've been down the exact same road you are going down. This is what I found, a Diesel would be nice but IF I had a repair it WOULD be expensive. Cost to aquire and economy wise, as well as ride, in my humble opinion, it's hard to beat a 20 ft seacraft Scepter or CC. Best economy that won't cost you an arm and a leg would be someting like a 130 yamaha or a 4 cyl I/O, all are capable of getting 3.5 mpg or so at cruise. I'm just getting my rig set up but know from test runs it's getting over 3.5 mpg. Not bad considering you can probably find one or put the rig together for under 5-7K. You can get 5mpg or so with a high $$$ 115, 150 4 stroke but even at 5$ a gallon it will take a lot of hours to recover the $$$ and repairs will cost a lot more.
I've spent dozens of hours looking into every boat out there (don't tell the wife) and this combo meet all my criteria.
I can't wait to get it all together. Good luck with your search.
By the way we have a 74 20 Scepter with a 1991 yamaha 130.
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