View Single Post
  #5   Report Post  
posted to alt.sailing.asa
Joe Joe is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,698
Default Sailing Cargo Ships making comeback maybe?...Thank the tree huggers

On Mar 6, 7:09 pm, "Bill" wrote:
Ok 20 US tons of coffee = 40,000 pounds.


40,000 X 12 dollars a pound = 480,000 dollars retail


X 6 trips a year = 2,880,000.00


Crew 150K yr including food
Insurance 30K yr
Coffee investment 600K-800K (looking at a futures mkt, better to cut a
deal with a grower)
Boat maintance 10-20K yr
Pkg & Sales shipping facility 75K
Fuel 3000
Coffee roasting ect?


We will just round it off a 1.4 million operating expenses


That leaves 1,450,000.00 profit, or at 6 trips a year 241,666.66
profit a trip.


Would you like to invest ;0) ?


Joe


Do you think they could make 6 trips a year?


Easy. 2000 miles from Houston to Colombia , average just 100 miles a
day or 5 kts and you have 10 days to load and offload per mo.

I mean even without it
they seem to be able to make a profit. I think they could get more
than $12 a pound if the coffee is good. at least $15. That makes the
profit much higher. 400K per trip because the other expenses stay the
same. If they went that way I might buy a few shares in the company.


I've learned to plan for the worst and fight for the best.

I'm an environmentalist but I wouldn't mind some good returns on the
investment either. It just depends on if the company can pull this
off.


I just like money and sailing and coffee.

Joe


- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -