

So far I have went 70 GPS miles on 60 gallons, I'm hoping to bring that number up with a steady 25-28mph cruise.

Fuel use on the other hand so far is well under what the chart says, but I have been playing around with it a lot, takes a lot of fuel getting it on plane and I have been doing it a quite a bit just getting a feel for the engine trim, tabs etc. I have a 2006 248 with a 5.7 Gi DP and surprisingly the mph except for WOT is right on the Four Winns specs, All it can muster is 40mph at 46-4700rpm with a full tank of fuel and water + 2 adults and 2 kids - FW says 42-43mph - close enough. Ideally would like to go around 130 miles on my 85 gallons, but that might be a pipe dream.

I keep hoping that I someone will know of some easy fix. I saw that spec sheet and was hoping for performance like that, but figured that was probably on a glassy lake with a tail wind or something. We were headed into a five foot or so swell with the boat fully loaded.
