I have often wondered what the time difference would be by caring all the extra fuel and going slower due to the weight vs stopping to be refueled. It cant take that long to pump a couple hundred gallons with the right set up. Im not talking about going into some port at the gas pump but a pre determined location waiting for you with a fast pump system. 5 minutes tops ????? Not hard to make that up vs speed difference on a long attempt. Plus it gives your crew a break to check your equipment. Thoughts????

I agree, what's the difference in speeds? What would your max speed be for fuel economy and what would it be vs WOT.

When we broke the Hudson Run, we found it a lot quicker to carry an extra 90 gallons on board, than stop for fuel. Boat still ran 115 like that. Only lost 6-7mph up top. A lot of the reason we beat it, is the previous record holder, stopped for fuel. Plus the extra weight helped the boat in the big water.

In the Skater V diesel With the 19" dia 39" pitch 16' rake 6 blades from 400 gallon all the way down to empty we ran 82 MPH (on the rev limiters). With 630 gallons it ran 76 MPH (130 gallons were in bladder tank in the nose, it was going to be rough)

with the 19" dia 44" pitch 24' rake 6 blades with 300 gallons all the way to empty it would run 84 MPH (on the rev limiters). With 630 gallons it ran 74 MPH (130 gallons were in the nose)

With the new twice as thick 20" dia 40" pitch 18' rake with 300 gallons it runs 78 MPH (the thickness probably hurts a little and the dia could be smaller)

We can run 700-800 miles on the amount of fuel that does not change the speed, the next 400-500 miles of fuel load would progressively drop the speed down 6 MPH. In general we get around 2 mpg at any speed from 30 mph up to within 2-3 mph of top speed.

our plan on the Key West to Cancun record was to run 70 MPH the whole time, we had enough fuel to make it there and back non-stop. (Broke the prop had no spare)

our plan on New York City to Bermuda was to put the throttle on the dash and let off in 800 miles when we arrived in Bermuda. 60 Miles out of New York we broke a prop, put the first (not right size or rotation) spare and decided to run 55 MPH the rest of the way (record was only 40 MPH). Then at 660 miles the other prop broke, put on the other spare (borrowed, thanks Joe) And decided to run 35 MPH to try to be as easy on the props as we could and still finish an hour ahead of the record. That was the most nerve racking 4 hours of my life, going slow and wondering if your going to make it. We beat the record by a little over an hour. The long distance records your top speed does not matter as much as being able to make it.