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I just wanted to update this thread with some real numbers. Yesterday I ran my boat over to San Clemente Isald from Dana Point and put some real numbers to the test. The boat fully fueled, I had three big guys, 200 lbs ice., ice chest full, and loaded down with gear. So I am going to estimate that with all stuff I had onboard including my safety gear it would be the equivalent of 8 people.
Condition were great the whole way, nothing major to affect or slow us down with wind or waves. I ran at pretty much 5000 rpm the entire way over and back. The total miles for day was 130 miles. When I filled up after getting home, I took on 51 gallons. This gave me 2.54 mpg average for the day.
At that RPM and in a real fishing situation this is probably where you are going to be. I cruised around 22-23 knots on average.
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