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New To Us Carver Owners Want To Bee's
- JimT
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New To Us Carver Owners Want To Bee's
My grandfather taught me to operate his 14' fishing boat with an 18hp Evinrude when I was very young. Alberta and I have been boating all our lives but never anything bigger than 18'.
Anyway, our hope is to acquire a Carver, move it to a lake near Fort Worth, TX and learn how to operate it. Ultimately taking it to Galveston to start our journey.
We are considering an 2002 Carver 410 Sports Sedan. Any thoughts about that model? I am trying to figure out how to calculate the fuel burn on the different models and configurations. Any suggestions?
It is great to find this group and we hope to become official Carver owners within a year.
Looking for our first Carver
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- waybomb
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- Vessel Info: 1995 Boston Whaler Rage15
1987 3697 Carver Mariner
1988 Cougar 46 Kevlar Vee offshore
1969 15' Glasspar / 1967 Johnson Electromatic 85
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1969 Glaspar Avalon /1969 Johnson Electromatic 85
1987 Carver Mariner
1988 Cougar Kevlar 46' with triple blown 572 ci
1995 Boston Whaler Rage
Past - 1988 2807, 1989 4207 Aft
- RGrew176
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2022 Stingray 182 SC
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- km1125
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Re: New To Us Carver Owners Want To Bee's
Fuel burn will definitely be dependent on your cruising style, but you can probably expect 0.5-1.0 MPG on gas. I see diesel is an option, and if you're really looking at long distance cruising you might try to find out outfitted with them. Won't save much on fuel costs, as diesel has been more expensive than gas for a while, but will greatly extend your range.
- Phrancus
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however: quite an adventure to get your first big boat and great to have such a trip as first journey!
- km1125
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Phrancus wrote:Source of the post er... if you're range increases with diesel, then you burn less over the same distance... so you do have lower fuel costs...
however: quite an adventure to get your first big boat and great to have such a trip as first journey!
All depends on the cost of the fuel. Back when gas and diesel were about the same price here, that would have been true. For the last (many) years though, diesel prices have risen to about 50% more than gas (just saw a quote this morning of one place where it was 75% more than the gas at the same station!). So, even with diesel propulsion generally being about 30% more efficient, you're still losing the battle on the overall price at the fill-up place.
It all depends on the relative prices though, so that may vary quite a bit country-to-country.
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