[Rhodes22-list] miles per gallon

cowie ccowie at cowieassociates.com
Sat May 3 17:17:37 EDT 2008


Thanks for the replies, I was just trying to get a sense of range motoring
under general conditions and these answer my question.



R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> The owners manual will tell you gallons per hour based on full throttle. I  
> usually run at 2/3 throttle, about 3/.4 gallon per hour for a Tohatsu 8 
> BHP.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/2/2008 10:33:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mjm at michaelmeltzer.com writes:
> 
> Depends,
> 
> Rules of thumb, gallon per hour. Leaves some room for  reserves.
> 
> Clean hull, low winds and waves, engine in tune, etc.. and  biggest factor
> about 1/2 knot under hull speed, about 1/2 to 2/3 a gallon  per hour, but
> your millage may vary, so use the above rule until you  calculate it out
> for
> yourself.
> 
> -mjm
> 
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> 
> Does anyone know about how many miles per gallon the Rhodes  22 will get
> with
> a Yamaha 9.9?
> 
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