[Rhodes22-list] miles per gallon

[Michael D. Weisner]

Really?  How interesting.  I have an old Suzuki DT7.5 pushing around my R22 
and it seems to matter.  Please explain.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Rick Lange" <SloopBlueHeron at ISP.Com>Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:27 
PM
For a 2-cycle, it doesn't matter how fast the engine runs. About a
gallon an hour for a 9.9
Rick
> We don't have a 9.9 but for
any motor it will depends on conditions.
> Adverse currents or
wind and waves on the nose will increase
> consumption. We did
keep records off and on with our old Honda 8
> fourstroke. The
records weren't very exact but the number that seemed
> to come
up most often was about .42 gallons per hour motoring at 4 to
> 5
knots. When estimating range we would round this up to a half a
>
gallon an hour at a conservative 4 knots. With both of our 3 gallon
> tanks and the spare 1.5 gallon tank full this gave us a (very
> conservative) range of 60 nautical miles.
>
> We
haven't used our new Yamaha 8 enough to get records but it's one
> of the things we will doing this summer. We'll record the hours of

> motor use (in reality this is often rounded off or a
guesstimate) in
> the log as well as the amount of gas used (at
fill-ups just like you
> would with a car) and calculate the
result. This gives us a number
> for trip planning purposes.
>
> Hope this is helpful. Maybe someone else has kept good
records on a 9.9.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22
Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
> At
09:59 PM 5/2/2008, you wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know
about how many miles per gallon the Rhodes 22 will get
>> with

>>a Yamaha 9.9?
>>
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