just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27 sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

A lot more than a 4-stroke.

"Gammara2" wrote in message
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just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27
sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild
conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

About 1.4 gph at 5300 rpm ... going by info at this Nissa site ...
http://www.nissanmarine.com/tech_tal...s2003_4-18.pdf .
Now ... it does not matter if your boat is making headway or not, you will
use x gph at y rpm. And, if you run WOT for long periods, you will soon be
getting an exceptional 0 gph ... but at 0 rpm ... :-)


"Gammara2" wrote in message
...
just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27
sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild
conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

A lot more than a 4-stroke.

"Gammara2" wrote in message
...
just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27
sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild
conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

About 1.4 gph at 5300 rpm ... going by info at this Nissa site ...
http://www.nissanmarine.com/tech_tal...s2003_4-18.pdf .
Now ... it does not matter if your boat is making headway or not, you will
use x gph at y rpm. And, if you run WOT for long periods, you will soon be
getting an exceptional 0 gph ... but at 0 rpm ... :-)


"Gammara2" wrote in message
...
just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27
sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild
conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

On 16 Nov 2003 14:36:16 GMT, (Gammara2) wrote:

just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27 sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

In the range 0.6 to 1.2 gall/hr, I suggest

brian W Altus OK

On 16 Nov 2003 14:36:16 GMT, (Gammara2) wrote:

just got a 9.9 big foot mercury engine for my 6800 lb catalina 27 sailboat. any
one have any idea on the fuel consumption at full out speed in mild conditions-
1-2 ft waves? jim

In the range 0.6 to 1.2 gall/hr, I suggest

brian W Altus OK