"Silver-Rod-O"
#47 is a 45' open bulkhead sportfisherman with QSM11 Cummins Diesels. We installed the 580 hp versions because of the better low end torque, which gives quicker response when fighting fish on light tackle. I must say it was a good choice. This boat will do a 360 degree turn in 15 seconds with 550 gallons of fuel and eight people aboard. The following are some other performance figures based on 900 gallons of fuel which is the total capacity of all the tanks:
|
RPM |
% of Power |
Knots |
Gal/Hr |
Range |
Miles/Gal |
Gal/Mile |
|
|
700 |
19 |
7.1 |
2.8 |
2282 |
2.5 |
0.39 |
|
|
800 |
28 |
8.1 |
4.0 |
1823 |
2.0 |
0.49 |
|
|
900 |
33 |
8.9 |
5.6 |
1430 |
1.6 |
0.63 |
|
|
1000 |
35 |
9.5 |
7.8 |
1096 |
1.2 |
0.82 |
|
|
1100 |
40 |
10.1 |
10.0 |
909 |
1.0 |
0.99 |
|
|
1200 |
51 |
10.6 |
13.8 |
691 |
0.8 |
1.30 |
|
|
1300 |
52 |
11.8 |
16.8 |
632 |
0.7 |
1.42 |
|
|
1400 |
51 |
13.9 |
20.0 |
626 |
0.7 |
1.44 |
|
|
1500 |
53 |
15.7 |
22.8 |
620 |
0.7 |
1.45 |
|
|
1600 |
52 |
17.8 |
25.4 |
631 |
0.7 |
1.43 |
|
|
1700 |
58 |
19.4 |
30.0 |
582 |
0.6 |
1.55 |
|
|
1800 |
62 |
21.8 |
33.6 |
584 |
0.6 |
1.54 |
|
|
1900 |
68 |
23.5 |
36.0 |
588 |
0.7 |
1.53 |
|
|
2000 |
71 |
25.3 |
39.6 |
575 |
0.6 |
1.57 |
|
|
2350 |
98 |
30.5 |
56.0 |
490 |
0.5 |
1.84 |
Ready to go fishing!
It is an excellent performer!
