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Just brought the boat home....had it out in the Nechako the other day....I am really happy, it works well and looks good, almost to nice lol


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the fuel capacity is around 500 litres
 

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Wow, glad I'm not filling your boat up.

I am taking fuel donations lol

Wow that's a lot! How long will that last?


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I have no Idea yet, I only have 1.5hrs on it.....I doubt I will ever have it full of fuel unless I am going on a long trip, no point in packing all that weight
 

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Small boat like Clodes with 350 engine and Hamilton pump with 3.4 impeller at 3100 rpm should only be burning around the 8 gph .
Plus or minus a bit.
They are very good on fuel with this set up.
That's a lot of fuel for such a small boat but like you said? Only fill right up for long trips.
My 24 ft , 7 ft wide only holds 118 gallons.
Very nice boat Sir!!!!
 

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the fuel capacity is around 500 litres

Small boat like Clodes with 350 engine and Hamilton pump with 3.4 impeller at 3100 rpm should only be burning around the 8 gph .
Plus or minus a bit.
They are very good on fuel with this set up.
That's a lot of fuel for such a small boat but like you said? Only fill right up for long trips.
My 24 ft , 7 ft wide only holds 118 gallons.
Very nice boat Sir!!!!

118 US gallons = 446 liters,
118 imp gallons = 536 liters

tanks are right around the same size
 

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Smart move on the large tank Clode, i have only a 55gal tank in mine and wish i would had gone with an 80gal. one as it was an option when it was built. I kick my self for not doing so now.
If i'm nice and its just wife and it will run 8gal/hr but its better safe then sorry. i alway calculate 10gal/hr for trips then i'm safe. 5hr round trip is max for me, unless i carry extra fuel. On the ocean your fuel milage is much better, mine as little as 6gal/hr. On a lake or a river is worst on consumption. When i go sturgeon fishing on the fraser my consumption is as much as 14gal/hr.
 

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mine has a 2.4 in the pump, and my boat has a bow tank and a large one under the bench, it liked about 3200rpm going upstream on the Nechako and was 4200rpm wide open....we only had 3 people on board and around 100litres of fuel.....the boat is on the heavy side but I wanted a tough boat, in the future I may remove the full teflon and only run a keel strip, that would save 3-400 pounds
 

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I am also looking at aluminum heads, and exhaust manifolds or water jacketed headers.....heads and manifolds would drop another 150lbs.....and I see a 383 in a couple of years also......lol
 

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Yup, you wait till he get's "TWO FOOT ITIS", very contagious.
I had a spell of it for a while....doctor's couldn't do anything and said all hope is useless. But the wife set me strait again.


I hope not lol
 

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They might be expensive but they are so much fun! And with a sweet boat like Clodes they places you can go and things you will see are priceless!


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