View Poll Results: What uses more gas?
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Wakeboarding
4 18.18% -
Wakesurfing
18 81.82%
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06-04-2008, 02:18 PM #1Senior Member
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More Gas - Wakeboarding or wakesurfing
Lets get the opinions - what uses more gas? Wakeboarding or Wakesurfing?
My thoughts are wakesurfing uses more.Bruce Fuerstenberg
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting...holy shit!...what a ride!
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06-04-2008, 03:45 PM #2Senior Member
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I would think you gas usage would increase and you RPM on your engine increases. I know you are adding strain on the motor with more ballast, but I would think the added RPM would pull more gas. I could be wrong, it has happened before, just ask my wife.
Dave
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06-04-2008, 04:12 PM #3
surfin--motor is working hard under load
Hey, Its Moomba time
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06-04-2008, 06:29 PM #4
When the boat is on plane, which is close to wakeboarding speed should give you better economy gas wise. Plowing along at surf speed not so much.
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06-04-2008, 09:03 PM #5
I burned $60 in 1.8 hrs the other day surfing.
It was only 2600lbs ballast.
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06-04-2008, 09:47 PM #6
Holy smokes, Newty. That's 15 gallons. I can run half a day on that. Love my Outback!
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Stuart
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06-04-2008, 10:55 PM #7Sled491 Guest
Hmmm, I thought wakeboarding got the best mileage. But I'm comparing my buddy running his Outback with a couple hundred LBS of ballast versus mine at tourney speed. We're not running no 2600lbs, well unless I bring my mother in law for a ride! ha ha ha ha ha