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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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