Hi Bill,
Welcome to Team Crownline!
A fuel flow gauge would be a useful tool in determining the optimum fuel efficiency. A couple other factors which will have a big impact fuel efficiency will be trim and the hull condition (is it clean?). As previously mentioned, boats are NOT fuel efficient. I would expect the most efficient RPM would be somewhere in the 2800 to 3200 range.
Phil Belcher
2003 266CCR
496 MAG, Bravo 3