David_P
25-07-2006, 10:12 PM
Following on from my post in offshore reports re my recent Hervey Bay trip, Tim N. asked that I post the fuel figures and load / distance info here returned from my 200 four stroke Suzi and Fisher hull.
I'll start with some hull specs.
Alchemy is a Fisher 600 Maxi extended transom. Ie, it is 6m long to the transom and LOA excluding bow sprit is 6.6m including the hull extension (pod in laymans terms, though pod is not an accurate description as it is genuinely a hull extension). The hull has a 23 degree deadrise with a keel flat, and the water ballast system.
Alchemy is a heavy boat. Mainly cause I'm getting softer the older I get, and really appreciate some comfort, particularly on the longer trips. I have a 50l water tank, 90l freezer, 110l esky, rear folding seat, two house batteries, one 130 AH deep cycle battery for the freezer, plus a 123 watt solar panel. When I picked the boat up from Col, brand new without any gear on board and stuff all fuel I went straight to the weigh bridge. 2380kg uncoupled from the car was the weight. Trailer TARE is 600kg, so this makes Alchemy 1780kg on the water, plus fuel, water, anchors, gear ice and beer! Sorry to bore you with the stats, but they help paint the picture of how good the Suzi 200 is.
Now to the Suzi and hull performance. The torque in my Suzi is great. Once out of the harbour the throttle was eased down. The bow rose as most of the weight was in the back of the boat, trim tabs lowered and away we went. We cruised nicely at 3800 RPM, occassionally kicking it in the guts - cause I could and in about 1.5 hours we had covered the 50km to Wathumba.
So, 1780kg on the water. For the first leg of my Hervey Bay trip from Urangan to Wathumba we need to add a little more...... 520l of fuel, esky and freezer chockas, plus a 120l evakool full of ice. 50l of water, 20l of drinking water, three fat fishermen :) (well at least two - sorry Bob and Pete), some beer (9x30pks - consumed responsibly), four x boxes of Coke for the rum (also consumed responsibly), two tents, tarp, plus all the other stuff like anchors, fishing gear etc. I don't know what it all weighed, but it was heaps!
Once the boat was unloaded I topped up the tank and only squeezed in 50l 8-) . Not bad considering the load! For the whole trip we covered 812km and used a total of 720l of fuel over 34 engine hours. Most of the running was done at speed covering the big distances, with a little trolling and a couple of hours running at idle to top up the batteries (not much sun for the solar panel). At all times the freezer and both eskies remained on board, plus the 50l water tank and between four and six 20l jerry cans.
Based on these numbers, the Suzi / Fisher hull combo returned the amazing fuel figures of an average 21.18 litres per engine hour and 0.89 litres per kilometer covered. I tend to look more at the litres per km as this is what really matters. When I compare this to my last boat, a Quinnie 600 Offshore and 130hp 2 stroke Yammie - a much lighter boat, smaller boat and shallow deadrise - it returned close to 1 litre per km on a consistent basis. On a recent day trip to the banks with a normal load I covered 90km and used 70l for the day, which gave 0.78 litres per km.
So, there it is. Save your pennies and go get yourselves a Fisher / Suzi combo.
Col, I hope I got all the hull stats right, but if not please correct me.
Regards,
Dave.
I'll start with some hull specs.
Alchemy is a Fisher 600 Maxi extended transom. Ie, it is 6m long to the transom and LOA excluding bow sprit is 6.6m including the hull extension (pod in laymans terms, though pod is not an accurate description as it is genuinely a hull extension). The hull has a 23 degree deadrise with a keel flat, and the water ballast system.
Alchemy is a heavy boat. Mainly cause I'm getting softer the older I get, and really appreciate some comfort, particularly on the longer trips. I have a 50l water tank, 90l freezer, 110l esky, rear folding seat, two house batteries, one 130 AH deep cycle battery for the freezer, plus a 123 watt solar panel. When I picked the boat up from Col, brand new without any gear on board and stuff all fuel I went straight to the weigh bridge. 2380kg uncoupled from the car was the weight. Trailer TARE is 600kg, so this makes Alchemy 1780kg on the water, plus fuel, water, anchors, gear ice and beer! Sorry to bore you with the stats, but they help paint the picture of how good the Suzi 200 is.
Now to the Suzi and hull performance. The torque in my Suzi is great. Once out of the harbour the throttle was eased down. The bow rose as most of the weight was in the back of the boat, trim tabs lowered and away we went. We cruised nicely at 3800 RPM, occassionally kicking it in the guts - cause I could and in about 1.5 hours we had covered the 50km to Wathumba.
So, 1780kg on the water. For the first leg of my Hervey Bay trip from Urangan to Wathumba we need to add a little more...... 520l of fuel, esky and freezer chockas, plus a 120l evakool full of ice. 50l of water, 20l of drinking water, three fat fishermen :) (well at least two - sorry Bob and Pete), some beer (9x30pks - consumed responsibly), four x boxes of Coke for the rum (also consumed responsibly), two tents, tarp, plus all the other stuff like anchors, fishing gear etc. I don't know what it all weighed, but it was heaps!
Once the boat was unloaded I topped up the tank and only squeezed in 50l 8-) . Not bad considering the load! For the whole trip we covered 812km and used a total of 720l of fuel over 34 engine hours. Most of the running was done at speed covering the big distances, with a little trolling and a couple of hours running at idle to top up the batteries (not much sun for the solar panel). At all times the freezer and both eskies remained on board, plus the 50l water tank and between four and six 20l jerry cans.
Based on these numbers, the Suzi / Fisher hull combo returned the amazing fuel figures of an average 21.18 litres per engine hour and 0.89 litres per kilometer covered. I tend to look more at the litres per km as this is what really matters. When I compare this to my last boat, a Quinnie 600 Offshore and 130hp 2 stroke Yammie - a much lighter boat, smaller boat and shallow deadrise - it returned close to 1 litre per km on a consistent basis. On a recent day trip to the banks with a normal load I covered 90km and used 70l for the day, which gave 0.78 litres per km.
So, there it is. Save your pennies and go get yourselves a Fisher / Suzi combo.
Col, I hope I got all the hull stats right, but if not please correct me.
Regards,
Dave.