How did this happen!!!!

reneechris14

Yes Tuesday and Wednesday 30mph gust
Thursday on look great I will go and burn some furl for sure.

rasbury

I'm thinking of no Friday work...and taking Monday off and see what I can do! Keep in mind I'm in the car business and this is a busy weekend- I do fleet and commercial so usually my customers will be out on the river or hanging at the beach anyway...should be pretty nice out so will see how it goes. I have to fix the shift cable bellows first before she goes back in the water.

Spyderweb

@aero3113 Glad you're loving' the 330.  I started tracking my numbers at end of season when I got the VVM set up (tachs were always way off).  We're pretty similar.  Going cross current she seems to like 3900-4100 rpm and 28-30 mph.  Fuel burn at that combination  seems to be 1.10-1.15 mpg.  Lower numbers tend to be fuller fuel tank.

aero3113

Thanks @Spyderweb , what do you think that converts to gallons per hour?

aero3113

Or is that what you meant?

reneechris14

It coverts to $$$$$$
1 mpg at 30 mph = 30 gal per hour
Sounds about right my boat holds 235 gallons so I should get 7 hours off a full tank with 10% reserve.

aero3113

I think the 330 holds 162 gallons.

aero3113

So that would be about 5 hours hours for the 330.

Spyderweb

@aero3113 my posted numbers are 1.1-1.15 MPG.  We go such short distances, it's just a more useful number to me.  The VVM actually gives you the number in GPH and I have to convert it. Looking back at my notes the GPH figures at those speeds/rpm's were generally 24-26 GPH.  

rasbury

OMG!

aero3113

@Spyderweb , that seems pretty good. I was thinking around 30-36 GPH depending on how the water is.

Spyderweb

@aero3113 our water is usually pretty calm, so I'm probably more often in more ideal conditions than you'll be.  Looking at my numbers, even at 4210 RPM's, and 31.7 MPH, it was 28.1 GPH.  

aero3113

Thank you @Spyderweb

aero3113

I’ve been seeing my old 242 out a lot. The new owner said she’s been running like a top! He yelled over at me and asked if the 330 had air conditioning, I said yes. He yelled back “Let me know when it’s for sale!” I thought that was pretty funny.

YYZRC

That is a really cool looking boat in the background - any idea what it is?

PS: No disrespect to the 242

aero3113

LoL, it’s a Sunseeker. Not sure of the length, but yes very cool looking. I told my wife today that that boat looks mean sitting there.

YYZRC

aero3113 said:

LoL, it’s a Sunseeker. Not sure of the length, but yes very cool looking. I told my wife today that that boat looks mean sitting there.

It does look mean!  That clamshell hardtop is awesome, so retro.  I think it's a Sunseeker Predator 60?

aero3113

I think you might be right @YYZRC

Spyderweb

So @aero3113 after the short time you’ve had the 330, doesn’t the 242 seems small?

aero3113

Yes, @Spyderweb . We were saying that the 242 was perfect for us the years we had it. Now with 2 girls,1 and 3 it would’ve been impossible on it.

Ian

Spyderweb said:

@aero3113 our water is usually pretty calm, so I'm probably more often in more ideal conditions than you'll be.  Looking at my numbers, even at 4210 RPM's, and 31.7 MPH, it was 28.1 GPH.  

So here's some more for you with this year being the first I have really played with the VVM and captured data. The last couple of weekends I have done phone screen captures and put into Excel (attached) for some analysis and come up with interesting results per the pic below. Columns A-D and H are from VVM, the rest are calculated from the VVM data, O2 and O3 are variables, fuel capacity of course isn't but if someone wants to use this and put in their own and trip length they can (@Spyderweb).

Data taken on the upper Hudson with a mix of tide activity but generally near dead low or near high with a calm to southerly up to about 5mph and in both directions. All theoretical of course, I couldn't get on plane from Ravena-Coeymans and run at 28mph on plane for 3.6 hours and get into the NYC area due to traffic and no wake areas etc but it's give a guide. Maybe good for you guys on the big open lakes that can sustain long on plane periods.



Here's the file also, it's basic but does what I needed. If I give it to my data genius son it would be much better

Spyderweb

@icoultha i’ve been doing a similar thing with my VVM.  Started last fall, and now adding figures with change in props. One thing I’ve noticed on mine and yours is the difference in gph between engines, even at very similar or same rpm’s.  What’s that all about?

Ian

I wondered about that too @Spyderweb as you’d think they’d be the same with same hours - mine are within .2 of each other. It is a calculated number from the ECM, seems to be greater delta at higher revs but not consistent. I put it down to variable fuel flow on pumps, sensor, load maybe. That’s why I added the average GPH and RPM. Perhaps @Alswagg has some thoughts. 

LaRea

@icoultha you need to run some numbers at higher RPMs!  Figure out how fast you can go before that 1.2 mpg starts dropping back down.  

Ian

Exactly @LaRea. Need to do with a buddy, about 30mph is tops with the Admiral onboard, that's fast enough for her. He's also suggested that and he'll be my data logger!

aero3113

So the guy that bought my 242 sold it already! He had it listed for a week and had 12 people lined up for it. Wasn’t even in the water and it sold! He wants to move up to a 26’-27’ boat.

oscar1

nice job

YYZRC

I bet he made a solid profit. How long will this crazy boat market last...??

aero3113

YYZRC said:

I bet he made a solid profit. How long will this crazy boat market last...??

I know he had it listed for $19,500. If he had 12 people lined up, I’m sure it sold for that or more! 

Liberty44140

Wow! Market is still crazy.