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Trayder,
You stole my thunder, those are the exact reasons triples are installed on 34 plus center consoles. There's far less stress pushing a 10,000 pound plus boat on plane with 3 engines than it does on 2 and the fuel consumption is actually better in many cases if the boat is being run hard - 50+mph.
I fished a 38 fountain last year in the OB Monster Shark Tournament. We lost a lower unit on the starboard motor about 40 miles south of the Vineyard. If we didn't have triples, we would have come home on one motor at 8 mph, instead we headed home on 2 engines with top speeds just under 50mph. It's an odd feeling sceaming by boats with one engine trimmed totaly out of the water.
I also think with 4 strokes getting bigger, 275HP, and soon to come 300HP, it may reduce the amount of triple engines we see.
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