My little piece of peace

You shoulda trucked it to Darwin, you would have been in coconut heaven now. Might have been cheaper too.

I did --Sidney to Singapore 32,000aus dollar --cheap.

And before you go W-T-F work it out at 1 ton per day, plus charts , the occasional marina and the possibility of not even getting there.

 

How about the trade winds mate ? The old ships were no where near what you have there, and they never complained. Well, at least not on this forum

 

for a given payload, the old ships sailed better than new sailboats when they were running with the trade winds. very safe and stable and reliable

 

Here are a few more images taken whilst still on the trailer/jinker... CNO sits nicely with the waterline at the second chine aft, (sitting about 2 inches high), and just above the curve before the plumb bow, (sitting about 8 to 10 inches high)... Mini keels have a winged bottom... LOA=11.99m, LWL=11.99m, Beam=6.4m, displacement 5 to 6 tonnes approximately, Air draft (with antennae folded down)=4.6m, water draft about 1.1m to 1.4m

 

Hi Frosty,
Fuel burn of one tonne a day ??? from 722cc 21hp engines? At 3600rpm each engine is said to burn 4.5litres/hour ! - - I will probably run at 3000rpm for a 3 litre/hour burn rate, on one engine at about 6 knots...

250litres in port tanks. 300litres in stbd and 800 litres in bow tanks... About 1350litres or just over a tonne will give me some 450hours non-stop motoring at about 6 knots (3100 n Miles)...
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Very nice Mass
I bet your proud as a peacock in spring
your going to have to go shake your booty and work up some doe for that mast and rigging. You might save some fuel money if you tried to find an alternative source that would work in the DI engines, mines smelling a lot like french fries right about now. but there are lots of alternatives. I hadn't even heard of coconut oil being used as a fuel but hey if it works. Maybe used tires in a DIY pyrolysis system, enough insulation later and you could probably even process them on board.

anyway enough of the silly ideas, your boat looks spectacular and it will be a hard act to follow.

cheers
B

 

Thanks Boston,
Boredom has induced me to return to a bit of reading on the global economic situation... I find that the pressure is building, but the "powers with vested interests" seem to be adding weights to contain the vessel with a consequent increase in the pressure whilst keeping the disaster contained... The resultant BANG is growing exponentially with the delays and the efforts to keep a - "DO NOTHING, DENY EVERYTHING BAD" - lid tightly held down...

Looking for a modestly benign weather window, as I will likely be travelling solo, and Monday week (9 days time), seems to look good?

I need to cross a bar to get into the channel behind Fraser Island and tide timing is also critical... Then a semi exposed run across Hervey Bay, avoiding the calving whales, and then, avoid the shipping manoeuvring to pick up a load of coal from one of several facilities before the relative peace up near the Whitsunday's...

 

Sounds like a right interesting obstacle course. Do you get to snatch a flag if you get through it alive?

 

Hi Troy, That depends when I pass through the Whitsunday's, as, at a certain annual event called "The Fun Race" where live topless/naked 'figureheads' are mandatory, when, "snatch the flag" may well be reversed ?

 

I'm sorting through airline reservations as we speak....

 

sounds like the go go dancers at our club
I'd post picts but last time I posted nudity a few folks protested

 

Hi Troy,
Whitsunday tourism will advise of the schedule for the "fun race", or just pick a boat from the large charter fleet and wander over to the back-packer hostel and stick up a notice to say "free cruise around the Whitsunday group to bare breasted ladies"...

Hi Boston,
Then just use a fertile imagination and go around with full plumage on...

 

Mas I would like to know what your burn rate will be fully loaded
3 liters / hour would be excellent at 6 knots with one motor

but what do you recon the displacement would be fully loaded - 5000 kgs ??

 

Hi Manie,
that would be about it... Re-proping would likely improve that figure as one of the 44C's with mast & all as added resistance gets 6knots on a 1.4litre/hour burn using one engine... That would be running at about 2200 to 2400rpm ! I do not know what his boat weighs, and the 44C is slightly narrower waterline beam and of course a bit over 4 ft longer...
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I will probably weigh nearer 6 tonnes fully loaded and ready for a long trip... for me 3000 rpm feels sweeter and is less noise/vibration... The graphs on the "brochure" suggest 11hp at the propeller and 19hp at the crankshaft and nearly 45Nm of torque... What that will deliver through the water, only time will tell (when I can afford a pair of fixed blade propellers)... 3 miles per liter would be very nice...

I am not sure but I have a feeling that the 11hp "Propeller curve (hp)" may be that which is delivered with the supplied propeller... ?

 

Mas so when you go for a joy ride now

what do you guess the "light ship" displacement is now
what RPM
what speed on one motor

I was looking at the Volvo D1 20
and 1.5 litre per hour is feasable at six knots at 2200 rpm at 4000 kgs

http://www.volvopenta.com/volvopent...re_engines/c_diesel_sailboat/Pages/d1_20.aspx

http://vppneuapps.volvo.com/ww/PIE/...3-09-47-53&t=PDF1P&a=7749263&p=T416&d=Product Bulletins&s=821727&model=D1-20&transClassId=9&segmentId=17&lang=en-GB

nice graphs on the brochure