BoatBanter.com - View Single Post

Joe

wrote:
Hey Joe,
Just to set all of your minds at ease, we have been through some nice
big waves (14m) and faired nicely. With 1200 HP with our updated 8.3
Cummins QSC's we will have no proplem. Craig Loomis is a masterful ship
designer and many have staked their reputations, careers, and (gulp)
lives on this design and feel quite confident. Keep an eye on us and
wish us luck! Thanks!
Anthony Distefano
Earthrace Engineer

Hey Tony welcome to ASA

I went and visited your boat here in Kemah. Also applied as crew member
but never got any responce;0(. Tell that asshole taking applications he
should follow up with anyone who takes the time to apply.

What happens when the wings go under and snuff out the 1200 hp
engines? How long can you stay submerged?
I hope you have a water dump in the stacks.

Cummings makes some mighty fine engines, ran a boat (MV Comet) that had
4 cummings KTA 1180's for a couple years. She would coat the water with
a soot blanket until the turbos caught up. BTW watch out for those
turbo's, I had an engineer get his hand sucked into the cummings turbo
and take off all his fingers. Good turbos, still had 11 lbs boost even
after chopping flesh and bone.

Did you follow team phillips and the wave piercing cat? She broke up in
the Atlantic.

Going thru one 14M means nothing, the problem will come when you have
them stacked up 10 M apart for 500 miles. As you know wave height is
not as important as wave length, with a short wave length, you will not
have the momentum to carry you thru all the waves, the boat just does
not have the weight to punch thru over and over and over IMO, and if
she fails to rise fast enough thoses cummings are going to gulp h2o and
send a piston thru the block.

Anyhow...I wish you all the luck in the world, and very fair sea's,
that's the only way you will make it IMO.
BTW tell that fellow accepting applications that I'm still interested
in crewing.

Joe