Sweet Dreams
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One important question you should be asking yourself is what kind of water you’ll be running in, how much time you have and what your budget is. If your a weekender and your cruising 60 miles to get where you want to go, have budgeted $$$$! for fuel you probably want a go fast boat. There are some great semi displacement boats out there but they are still pretty pricey to run and you will get that 60 miles in 4-5 hours. I had a FD 27’ boat. Weighed 7 tons. Held 120 gallons of fuel. Cruised at 7 knots and burned a little more than 1 gph. I could go that 60 miles in 8 hours and spend less than 40 dollars on fuel at todays prices and cruise a thousand miles before heading to the fuel dock. I also ran a low rpm diesel and could count on low maintenance costs and thousands of hours of running before overhauls. My wife and I liked to cruise and explore and time wasn’t a factor. Weigh you decisions on what your circumstances are.