Suzuki 140 - Seacraft 20 - MPG @ Cruise

[Mark]

Mark,
Any idea what your 20 weighs now? That could be the speed difference right there.

I really haven't weighed it but if anything it weighs more now than before. Also, I have more fuel than any of the boats listed, AND, they state their tests were done with 90% full tanks, mine was topped off with 75 gallons for those figures and had several people on board, fishing gear, a cooler stuffed with ice/drinks, etc. The fact that they get another couple of miles per hour doesn't much concern me - it's a fishing boat, not a performance boat.

Unlike some of the restorations and redo's on here, none of mine was done with the various composite materials that lighten up these new boats.

If I have to evacuate for another hurricane this year....and decided to pull the boat along, I plan on stopping into a truck stop and getting it weighed just out of curiousity [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]