Scalawag
Member
Thanks to the sponsors again for a great site.
I'm planning on purchasing a 2820 around the end of the year. I'm in the SanFrancisco Bay area, and was lucky enough to seatrial this boat last week. There aren't many in this area.
I was curious what sort of mileage members with the 2820 are achieving at cruise. I noticed that at 20-30 knots, the fuel meter on the boat I trialed indicated that the mileage was runing between 1.2 to 1.5mpg. The boat was powered by twin F225s, had a topped-off fuel tank and three 200lb men aboard.
The Yamaha site shows a 2830 (a heavier boat) with these engines getting much better economy. I realize that the performance numbers stated by the manufacturer tend to be best case, and that I didn't spend enough time playing with the trim to dial it in.
What kind of real world numbers are you guys getting?
Also, I plan to order the boat with the bulkhead mounted second station and a number of other options, but is there anything on your boat that you've found to be an absolute necessity?
Thanks,
Bill
I'm planning on purchasing a 2820 around the end of the year. I'm in the SanFrancisco Bay area, and was lucky enough to seatrial this boat last week. There aren't many in this area.
I was curious what sort of mileage members with the 2820 are achieving at cruise. I noticed that at 20-30 knots, the fuel meter on the boat I trialed indicated that the mileage was runing between 1.2 to 1.5mpg. The boat was powered by twin F225s, had a topped-off fuel tank and three 200lb men aboard.
The Yamaha site shows a 2830 (a heavier boat) with these engines getting much better economy. I realize that the performance numbers stated by the manufacturer tend to be best case, and that I didn't spend enough time playing with the trim to dial it in.
What kind of real world numbers are you guys getting?
Also, I plan to order the boat with the bulkhead mounted second station and a number of other options, but is there anything on your boat that you've found to be an absolute necessity?
Thanks,
Bill