Good Cruising designs... How about a production cat 45' that cruises at 15 Knots getting 3 nm per US gallon and with a range of 3000 miles.......
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A standardwould be great! Any standard but I prefer Knots, Nautical Miles and metric measurements (Metres, Kgs, Kw etc) I'm sick and tired of...
RW Clearly your a Kiri convert... Yes have lined up some sawn Celery Top will ship it to Victoria for drying and milling. My earlier post...
Selecting Timber for Boat Building Will, Exactly - "horses for courses". Kiri is a great timber in some situations (especially smaller...
Hmmm where do I start - firstly there is very little publically available information on Kiri that is not provided by those marketing and growing...
Timber from USA Yes the days of 40' clear boards are sadly passed... but I am looking to get 16' as a minimum and hopefully lots of 20'+...
Kiri / Paulownia I think you are mistaken. Kiri / Paulownia is not anywhere as durable as Huon nor is it anywhere near Celery Top for...
Container Load? What about Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Yellow Cedar, Alaska Cedar, Nootka Cypress)? Would have to be a 40' container (to get...
Kiri a premium boatbuilding timber?? Strange I'd never considered that to be the case.....
Timber prices in Australia Yes it hurts when you pay around $Aus100 a metre for 240mm x 42mm dressed hardwood and get told thats a good price!...
Fuel Consumption Yes – conservative/realistic 25 lph @ 14 knots x .9 = 352 nm but hey I’m a hopeful sort of guy and my optimistic “hope” is 20...
Speed and fuel use at cruise Advice from the designer is that conservatively I will need 125 hp at the prop to achieve 14 knots. From the...
Power and Speed With a displacement of 6,000 Kgs (now 6,100) and a conservative co-efficient applied the designer has calculated the...
Celery Top Yes the hull is to be strip planked (cove & cusp 23mm x 42mm) with exterior 450 gsm DB + 600 gsm DB and interior 2 X 450 gsm DB. I...
