As mentioned, here are the stats for my latest run which I did yesterday.
Realize depending on wx, I do it in a weird, quirky way. On this run, I stayed close in and cut back to land after rounding Cape Romano. That will make my numbers likely different from yours. Please refer to my responses in your other KW Trip Thread.
Left CH Harbor at 7:30AM. Arrived at Marathon at 1:15PM. Total trip time: 4 hrs 45 minutes.
Total distance travelled, 190 miles. (Remember, I hug the coast and you’d be leaving from FT Myers, so your distance would be significantly shorter.
Fuel Burn: 149 gallons averaging 1.3-1.4 MPG.
Speed: 4200 RPM achieving 38-39 MPH. (350’s baby...)
Weather & Conditions: Chilly by S Florida standards: Air and water temps in the mid-60’s the entire trip. (It started out in the upper 40’s in the AM; I thought I was boating under the Mackinaw Bridge...)
NE winds 10-12kts, roughly; close in seas less than 1ft with a wrap around NW swell. Rounding Cape Romano, I caught it full-tilt as I had to go offshore 10miles or so to miss the shallow shoal. I had to slack off some to get thru the turbulence; A 2ft NE surface chop combined with the aforementioned NW swell. once I cut back in at Everglades City, I throttled back up and had calm water all the way to Marathon.
Know This: The waters around the Cape act in a very unorthodox fashion. I don’t know why, but the seas get lumpy & confused not unlike the wave action around the Lake Erie Islands in it’s Western Basin.
It’s a fun run to make, and in my view, it’s more about picking the right conditions than the right boat. Your potential 271 should be a good match in reasonable weather.
Realize depending on wx, I do it in a weird, quirky way. On this run, I stayed close in and cut back to land after rounding Cape Romano. That will make my numbers likely different from yours. Please refer to my responses in your other KW Trip Thread.
Left CH Harbor at 7:30AM. Arrived at Marathon at 1:15PM. Total trip time: 4 hrs 45 minutes.
Total distance travelled, 190 miles. (Remember, I hug the coast and you’d be leaving from FT Myers, so your distance would be significantly shorter.
Fuel Burn: 149 gallons averaging 1.3-1.4 MPG.
Speed: 4200 RPM achieving 38-39 MPH. (350’s baby...)
Weather & Conditions: Chilly by S Florida standards: Air and water temps in the mid-60’s the entire trip. (It started out in the upper 40’s in the AM; I thought I was boating under the Mackinaw Bridge...)
NE winds 10-12kts, roughly; close in seas less than 1ft with a wrap around NW swell. Rounding Cape Romano, I caught it full-tilt as I had to go offshore 10miles or so to miss the shallow shoal. I had to slack off some to get thru the turbulence; A 2ft NE surface chop combined with the aforementioned NW swell. once I cut back in at Everglades City, I throttled back up and had calm water all the way to Marathon.
Know This: The waters around the Cape act in a very unorthodox fashion. I don’t know why, but the seas get lumpy & confused not unlike the wave action around the Lake Erie Islands in it’s Western Basin.
It’s a fun run to make, and in my view, it’s more about picking the right conditions than the right boat. Your potential 271 should be a good match in reasonable weather.
