Nautical Miles/ 228 Seafarer

[Gradywhiteonthehorizon]

Magical Bill,

We had a great time. Took our friend’s daughter and son in law up the inter coastal to the Gulf and anchored up at Casey Key for a swim. The kids were out of San Francisco. A lot of colder, foggy misty weather. They took a lot of videos and pictures. It was a tropical paradise for them.

Thanks for the forecast. Look me up the next time your up this way and keep in touch.

 

[dougbennett48]

My gas gauge never has been dependable, so I always calculate when fuel is needed by the knots driven. With my Seafarer 228 with Yamaha 250 4 stroke it is consistently 2.5kn/gal. and have a 92 gal tank. We usually travel at 4000 RPM and put on 350-400 hours in a 7 month fishing period.

 

[glacierbaze]

Doug, what year is your motor? Easy to get accurate mpg, and fuel remaining, to your gauges, or to your chart plotter, if you have the engine plug in on your motor.

 

[SmokyMtnGrady]

My gas gauge never has been dependable, so I always calculate when fuel is needed by the knots driven. With my Seafarer 228 with Yamaha 250 4 stroke it is consistently 2.5kn/gal. and have a 92 gal tank. We usually travel at 4000 RPM and put on 350-400 hours in a 7 month fishing period.

I run my plotter in statute miles because in many places I boat inland have regulations in speed in MPH and not knots. my Grady gets about 3.2 miles per gallon with a 4.2 liter F250. In the ocean it can drop to 2.25 to 2.75 depending on sea state of course.

I was surfing this post and the guy with Suzuki 250 back on September 8 was getting terrible performance out of that motor. My 228 will get up to 47-48 at WOT with a 4.2 liter f250 Yammy. it will cruise around 30 at 3,900 to 4,000 RPM.