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Just bought a 2002 sea ray 340 Amberjack and will be bringing her up from Brick. How long will this take? Boat cruises at 25 . Was told it will take the same time to go on the inside up the hudson to east river to the sound than it will on the outside?
Any info and tips would be appreciated.
 
Wow. Quite the journey. Best of luck to you!! Curious, how long did they say this would take?
 
Probably quicker on the outside, as you can make a beeline to Montauk rather than go up the coast and then out east.

Two issues: 1. How far can you go on a tank of fuel, and 2. Watch the weather very closely, it can get very nasty.
 
Spoke with a capt. in Brick he said 8 hrs up to Newport and 5 hrs from there to Boston.
 
Congratulations on the new boat.

Hogan has a great point - I believe the 34 Amberjack carries 275 gallons of fuel with about 260 usable.
This is likely a gas engine boat and your fuel use at cruise will be well under 1 nmpg.
It would be best if you plan your fill stops carefully before heading out for a long 8 hour run in a 'new to you' boat.

Good luck with the new boat and hope this helps
 
Range
RPM MPH Knots Total GPH MPG NMPG Stat. Mile NM KM KPH LPH KPL dBA
650 4.8 4.1 2.5 1.9 1.65 385 335 620 7.72 9.5 0.81 64
1000 6.2 5.4 4.0 1.55 1.35 314 273 505 9.98 15.1 0.66 69
1500 8.7 7.6 6.3 1.38 1.20 280 243 451 14 23.8 0.59 71
2000 10.4 9.0 11.8 .88 .77 178 155 286 16.74 44.7 0.37 76
2500 13.0 11.3 18.6 .7 .61 141 123 227 20.92 70.4 0.3 81
3000 20.8 18.1 24.8 .84 .73 170 148 274 33.47 93.9 0.36 82
3500 31 27 29.9 1.04 .9 210 183 338 49.89 113.2 0.44 83
4000 36.5 31.7 37 .99 .86 199 173 320 58.74 140 0.42 85
4500 42 36.5 51.4 .82 .71 165 144 266 67.59 194.5 0.35 86
4750 44.9 39 59.9 .75 .65 152 132 245 72.26 226.7 0.32 87
 
Did you see the cost of cruising up the hudson to Newburg NY. Then put it on the truck and truck to Boston. I guess you have an express model with a 13 ft beam nothing to take off. Looks like 100 miles from Bricktown to Newburg 4 hrs cruising.
 
Good comparative test data to think about and use.
The Amberjack has a foot and a half wider beam ,weighs a few thousand pounds more and carries another 50 gallons of fuel.
Based upon some of those differences and the credibility and repeatability of most boats tests it would be good to estimate the boats fuel use at cruise to be in the 0.75 nmpg range.
Then of course poor weather &/or changing sea states could easily cost you another larger percentage of fuel use on top of that number.
Plan for a worst case fuel use and hope and adjust for the best you can get.

Hope this helps
 
1st which engines is your boat equipped with 8.1L Mercs or other?
Here is what the standard 340 says in the link posted above.......
Top speed for the Sea Ray 340 Sundancer is 44.9 MPH (72.3 KPH), burning 59.9 gallons per hour (GPH) or 226.72 liters per hour (LPH).

Best cruise for the Sea Ray 340 Sundancer is 31 MPH (49.9 KPH), and the boat gets 1.04 miles per gallon (MPG) or 0.44 kilometers per liter (KPL), giving the boat a cruising range of 210 miles (337.96 kilometers).

Tested power is 2 x 375-hp MerCruiser 496 MAG.
Keep in mind the above fuel estimates are with presumably an almost perfect bottom, props and engines in near perfect tune.
I don't know how much fuel, water and waste along with people and gear are on the boat when the above fuel usage examples were given.
There are too many variables but I guess it's a good baseline for estimating your fuel usage at a given speed.
I'd run on the inside it can get pretty hectic outside if the weather turns ugly.
You are bringing a 12 year old gas boat I assume with outdrives that you don't know all that well on a fairly long shakedown cruise.
Bill
 
"1st which engines is your boat equipped with 8.1L Mercs or other?"

Bill,
Sarcia bought a 2002 34' Sea Ray Amberjack with 8.1 gas inboard engines - a very nice boat indeed.
The boat is not like a 34 Sea Ray Sundancer found in later model years.
It is much wider, longer, heavier, carries more fluids ,etc etc.

So those numbers will all be much different.

Hope this helps
 
new or used the first long trip on a boat you don't know should be done inside. regardless bring extra fuel filters.
 
You should definitely run the sound.

For starters, this is a new boat to you, if you run the ocean and do have a mechanical issue there are few places to pull into as opposed the the LI sound where on either side of the sound there are many places for you to pull into if you have mechanical trouble.

You will need to stop for fuel, running inside affords you many places to do this.

Enjoy the trip and make a stop in Connecticut or maybe Newport, enjoy the run, you might not be down this way for quite some time.
 
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Originally posted by smitty477

"1st which engines is your boat equipped with 8.1L Mercs or other?"

Bill,
Sarcia bought a 2002 34' Sea Ray Amberjack with 8.1 gas inboard engines - a very nice boat indeed.
The boat is not like a 34 Sea Ray Sundancer found in later model years.
It is much wider, longer, heavier, carries more fluids ,etc etc.

So those numbers will all be much different.

Hope this helps

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Smitty that's what I was trying to point out the numbers might be completely different. It might carry extra fuel but it might be needed to offset the additional beam and weight. That's a bit too long a cruise on the outside for a mostly unknown gas boat that's 12 years old. If it were me I'd run the Sound until I got to know the boat better.
It sounds like a very nice boat but all it would take is a bad riser to ruin that trip if on the outside. When I bought my boat the sea trial was about an hour. I re-powered with 8.1L HO's w/72C's and sold both my 7.4's and Velvet drives as is. The guy that bought them had to do a rebuild within 2 hours of his installation on the old port motor. My point? The compression was good the boat made a 3 hour trip to my marina and the Crusaders only had 550 hours on them. They were about 12 years old. Neither of the 7.4L motors showed any outward signs of having problems.
I am trying not to rain on his parade but why put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation if you have other options?
Bill
 
+1 what Billy says.

This boat is an unknown entity at this point. I would not run the ocean like that in a "new to me" boat.
 
Thanks for every ones input. Yes that is the boat I have a purchase & sale on. Setting up survey and sea trial as we speak. Boat has new risers and manifolds and both engines serviced and tuned. I was definitely leaning towards going on the inside. Keep the info coming.
TY
 
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