Boating Tips
How to Find the Most Efficient Cruise
We all want to get the most out of a gallon of gas, so knowing a boat’s most efficient planing speed is critical to captains who like to make longer trips. A viewer wrote to ask about the most efficient speed for his 2005 Chaparral 310 Signature. In this clip from a BoatTEST Reports episode, Capt Steve gives a few tips for finding a boat’s most efficient planing speed as well as some results from BoatTEST.com’s test on a 2013 edition of the same model. See the video.