Planning my longest trip.

Paulie Walnuts

Paulie Walnuts

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Apr 3, 2009
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Tampa, Florida
Boat Info
1986 SRV210CC
Engines
Mercruiser 5.7
Alpha 1
I've had my boat a few years now, and with a 50 gallon tank I pretty much own Tampa bay. But I'm wanting to push it a little more and try for a longer trip.

I'm looking at charts of Marinas with fuel on the St . Pete side of the bay. And I want to breach the Skyway bridge to get on the Gulf side of St.Pete. Maybe head to Indian Rocks or even Calidese Island area as I have friends that live on the water in those areas.

I figure if I keep it at cruising speed I can average 2 mpg @30 mph. I just have to research and find which marinas have fuel, food etc...

Then there's talking the Admiral into the adventure. I think it will be quite a trip as we haven't tried it yet.
 
I've noticed once on the West side of the Skyway bridge the inlets are full of Marinas. It's just unfamiliar territory for me till I get to Caladese Island. From there I've been all the way up to the Hooters near Tarpon Springs.

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I live in NE St. Pete and have twin motors. From my house to Caladesi running the ICW with its many no wake zones I use 30 gallons (both motors combined). West near the gulf and ICW you have O'Neill's Marina, Tierra Verde and a few others. Once you get near Clearwater there are a few more. You should have no problems making it form Tampa side of the bay to Caladesi with 50 gallons.
 
Check out Active Captain. It's pretty good with marinas and often times reviews.
It's a nice free tool.
 
My dad had your boat back in the day, 1984 model with a 228 merc, and it got better than 2mpg, my 97 250 DA got that with a 5.7 B3, I bet you get more than 2.0....JMO, I think that was one of Searay's best models. :)
 
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I figured on good days I was getting more than 2 mpg. Maybe 2.5-2.75 depending on my attitude and the weather. LOL

The active captain. Is that an iPhone app?
 
I believe it is, also try NAVIONIC'S, I have both and like it also :)
 
I have the Navionics. Just filled out the active Captain stuff. Going to have to play around with it on the Marinas with Gas. Gas has always been my biggest concern on the water. My 1st boat was a Pontoon, and with a 5 gallon tank the range was really poor in the bay. I thing I went 30 miles max on it and that was after adding another tank and carrying spare gas. LOL
 
Let me know what you did to convince your wife. I just mentioned to her that one day after we retire I would like to buy a big boat and travel south for the winter.
 
I've been trying to convince my wife I to living on a boat someday. Not going so well either. I think the issue is is that she would have to give up a couple hundred pairs of shoes.
 
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This is only half the room. And as of this week the floor is covered with shoes and you can't walk into the room.
 
Paulie Walnuts said:
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This is only half the room. And as of this week the floor is covered with shoes and you can't walk into the room.
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Oh my G.....!

Do you own. shoe store?

I looked hard where are all the boat shoes?, or is there another room for those?


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