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Good Evening to all,

I am new to this site as we just purchased our neighbors 99 Vista 328 to add to our marina. This makes our 3rd boat, the first two are a Hunter 27 Sailboat and a little 16 foot jet boat.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me or give me a ball park on what kind of mileage or gallons per hour I can expect to see from our new boat. Well not new but new to us. however it only has 350 hours on it and we are looking to break it in this weekend.

any info would help.

Brian Preston
Toledo , OH

This link should help...

http://assets2.fourwinnsmarketing.com/p ... -89%29.pdf

On the Four Winns web site there is an area called customer service that has all kinds of info on past models. You can get the brochure, manual, fast facts etc!

Enjoy that beautiful boat!

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1999 Four Winns Vista 298, 5.0 VP DP
Goosepond Marina
Lake Guntersville
Scottsboro, Alabama

Thank you so much goldfish. we are looking forward to it. just trying to figure if it was gonna be a 1 credit card or 2 weekend. LOL

My sail boat is cheap to operate and only has a 12 gallon tank. $600.00 plus to fill up this beast will take some getting used to , but hey you only live once right?

Enjoy your weekend.

Brian

You don't go to a blow-boat to a big power cruiser and expect to save any money on gas.

just be glad you didn't pick up the beauty when gas was $6/gallon last summer at marinas!

I thought 165 gallons was bad enough... 220 would make me blush. Vaseline optional at fill up!

Post some pics! Welcome to the forum!

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2008 318 Vista -SOLD, but I am still around!
All Night Long, Seattle WA

You can always try to sell that blow boat for gas!!

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2000 248 5.7L DP
'92, '94 SXI 750, '08 STX 15F, '12 Ultra LX 300
Videos

HeHe..... He called you "goldfish"

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Fair estimate is about 1mpg. With a powerboat you trade the convenience of quick travel for money spent on fuel. Typical is 22-26 gph at cruising speed on plane. Crack the throttles wide open and you can expect to at least double the consumption.

When having made a trip to St. Michael's some years ago a friend in a sailboat asked about the fuel cost of the trip, noting her trip was free. I countered with "Yeah, but it took you 8 hours, through yesterday's bad weather. Where I just left 45 minutes ago in bright early morning sunny weather on glass-smooth seas." I'll pick paying for a trip through smooth seas over 'free through a storm' every time.

When our boy (now 1yr) is old enough to start handling lines we'll probably consider a sailboat. But one large enough for a decent RIB dinghy. Meanwhile the 348 gets us where we want to go without a lot of fuss.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

Traitor !!!!



If you have to ask you can't afford it! Just kidding.... The above links and Bill's info should put you on the right track.

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Marc, Kathlin & Nathalie


'89 Chaparral Laser 32

'93 Vista 245, 5.8L w/ King Cobra

Former Boats
'01 H260, 7.4 VP Duoprop
'98 H200, 5.0 GL w/VP SX drive

Bill: say it ain't so!!!! when he gets older he'll be able to help with the 348!!

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2006 348 Vista
"some days you're the bug and some days you're the windshield"

I have a fun time jerking the chain with salescritters at the sailboat show. I always ask about the top speed with the engine and if a larger one can be ordered that will make it go faster. The catamaran people grasp the concept and do offer bigger engine choices. Trouble is there's not a lot of slips available for catamarans on the Chesapeake. So it'd be more likely we'd be looking at a 45-55' monohull like an Oyster.

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-Bill Kearney, 2005 348 Vista

45' to 55'? You'd better to start spawning!

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2006 348 Vista
"some days you're the bug and some days you're the windshield"

Hi, my 2000 328 gets very good gas milege . i am running a navman 5500 chartplotter with fuel managment.When crusing at 31 mph i get aprox. 1.58 mpg. i have twin 5.7 gsi duo props. I could get up to 1.68 mpg by throttleing back a little. this design and is great. I know you will love this boat. good luck with your boat, Joe.

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"Lady Lexie"
Port of Chester, WV
2000 328 Vista
Towed with a Dodge Cummins!