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65? 65mph is nothing….. At 65 mph, our boat still has another 30-35 mph on tap.  :wink:

In a perfect light chop with calm winds, we’ve gone from Annapolis to Virginia Beach in two hours and ten minutes. [/quote]
 
what your fuel burn, how many GPH?

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About 155 GPH 87oct PG at 4,800 rpm. That’s for twin WCO 598’s FI SC’d, through Mercury M8 drives, spinning Hill 15.25x26/15 5-blade cleavers. Max speed in seawater in absolutely perfect chop and &lt;50% fuel cap has consistently been about 112 but it’s rare to have perfect conditions for more than a few minutes at a time so in the real-world the top end is just about 100-102.

Boat is a 2002 Baja 40 Outlaw. We bought it in 2009 and repowered it in 2016 because the OEM MerCruiser 496’s had lost some compression and even when new they were only putting out about 1,100 total HP and the boat can easily handle twice that. So we did WCO engine and drive packages. Compression is only 10.1:1 with very mild SC’ing because I wanted to make sure it would run well on 87 since you can’t always find 91/93 at every marina. We also added a 100 gallon keel tank under the salon galleyway so we can run about 3 hours total at WOT. But you definitely feel a little beat up and tired after a couple hundred miles.

I wanted an offshore boat ever since I was a kid watching Miami Vice. Greatest rush in the world for me. [/quote]

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