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Old 03-11-2008, 05:24 PM
Saltwater Wade Saltwater Wade is offline
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Fuel Economy with 115 Yamaha 4Stroke

I just had a chance to take my new 190 out this past weekend. I ran the break in period and then did some cruising. I calculated that I got about 4.5 mpg with the bimini installed, but closed up. The wind was up a little also. This is my first larger size boat (previous 16' John boat with 40 hp 2-stroke). Should I consider this good fuel economy? What are you guys getting? I did notice the bottom of the boat is not completely smooth like fiberglass boats. Has anyone found that the Triumphs suffer due to this small amount of extra resistance in fuel economy?

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Wade
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