mike, seems me and your are the only ones interested in this topic anyhow,due to 3 dollar gas at neah bay, we plan to carry our gas with us, so I should have a total of 16-18 gallons on board, it is a 4 stroke so it does good on gas and I am constantly checking it even in the sound down here. I think it will be a good trip, I just hate to think i am going to take these guys all the way up there and there may be a chance we will not do any good due to poor lure and or location selection