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Old 04-19-2012, 08:26 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
You'd need to hit fuel starvation at 64 mpg to coast in to your brother'
s place.
I think you'd need at least a couple feet of boat tail behind you to have a fighting chance.Your existing wake is just too big and powerful.You've got to shed some of that load.
Two feet would put me in the neighborhood of 50% of template. Do you think I'd see much more benefit from going further than that?
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