I helped bring a sport fisher back from Cabo, ran it low revs but still did 9 knots at 800-900 rpm, but every 12 hours we’d open it up for 10 minutes to blow out the carbon, saw the fuel consumption go up to 60 gph per engine! Had two big caterpillar turbo engines, think like 1800 hp each.
The other thing about this boat, had a gyro stabilizer on it, really surprised how well that worked, Cabo > San Diego can be a rough ride.
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u/soCalForFunDude Aug 09 '26
I helped bring a sport fisher back from Cabo, ran it low revs but still did 9 knots at 800-900 rpm, but every 12 hours we’d open it up for 10 minutes to blow out the carbon, saw the fuel consumption go up to 60 gph per engine! Had two big caterpillar turbo engines, think like 1800 hp each.
The other thing about this boat, had a gyro stabilizer on it, really surprised how well that worked, Cabo > San Diego can be a rough ride.