Ron, You're right, I've got no experience with the Manta, I'm only repeating what I've been told. I do however have direct experience with the PDQ 34. We have averaged less than 4 gallons/hour with a cruising speed of 15-16 Knots. On our ICW trip south last fall we averaged 3.1 miles per gallon. Complete figures for Sno' Dog are posted at: www.geocities.com/snodoglog/Performance.html Henry PDQ 34 "Sno Dog" In a message dated 5/4/2007 11:24:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ron_zeppieri@juno.com writes: FYI; our Endeavour 44 burns about 13.5 to 14 GPH "at speed"; which to us is our cruising speed of 15 - 16 knots at 3100 rpm. I've found these numbers to be fairly consistent over the 4 years that we've been cruising. I am quite skeptical of the claim that the Manta 44's "consumption at speed is about half that of the Endeavour 44". I'm not sure how many of Manta's new 44' cats are actually out there on the water but, if they can REALLY cruise "at speed" on only 7 gph, they're sure to sell a whole bunch of them!! Ron "OdySea" ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.