Great Lakes
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- Oct 11, 2016
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- Boat Info
- 2008 - Formula 400ss
- Engines
- Volvo Penta D6-350
We used the boat every weekend and some during the week last summer. May-October. Put on 66 hours and fuel was $5400.I come only from a place of my own reality. My best ever year was 88 hours on my 400. That included being on the boat every weekend May-October, most spent around our local harbor/lakes and two week long trips. One across Lake Michigan to Chicago and another to Leland, 100+ miles north. I covered a lot of Lake Michigan that year...or so I felt. I'd have to get my receipts but I'd imagine my full summer fuel bill was $7-8k. Not even remotely close to the numbers being tossed around here.
I just can't imagine someone non-commercial running anywhere near 100 hours at planning speeds in a year on the Great Lakes. You'd be doing laps around the lakes...all summer long