On Nov 14, 1:32 am, Bob wrote:
On Nov 13, 8:35 pm, Joe wrote:
Since its all about profit, lets try this:
I buy a 81'x24'x12' steel gulf shrimper. Make it my liveaboard. Hell,
rent out a room for $400/mo!
Then the USCG will call you a charter vessel so you better have a
licence and crew
Fuel = 25,000 gallons in 6 tanks
or 75,000 dollars
Hold = 3500 cu ft
Engine (1) Cat 3412, 510 mhp, fuel 26.5 gal/hr (from Caterpillar tech
website)
Speed about 9 mph.
Then what sets you apart from any other fossel burning cargo ship?
What makes you think someone will prefer your beans over Folgers or
Maxwell house?
Think of 3500 cu ft cargo hold full of shrimp. Shrimp weight about the
same as sea water cause shrimp sink when ya throw them in the water
and ya don't see them floating on the surface when they are alive. But
probably there is some wasted space in the fish hold so figure 80% of
the 3500 cu ft will be filled with shrimp that weigh about the same as
sea water.
3500 cu ft x .80 = 2800 cu ft x 64.8 (weight of one cu ft of fresh
water) = 181,440 pounds . Damn that's a lot of cargo!
The specific gravity of coffee is 55Lbs per cu ft
Lets say I drive that boat 1000 miles and buy 180,000 lbs of coffee
beans and go back to the USA. That's a 2000 mile round trip.
At 26gph and 9 mph and 2000 miles I'll run about 222 hours.
222 hours @ 26 gph = 5778 gallons fuel at $3.50/gal = $20,222 fuel
cost.
and a couple tons of emissions
Fuel cost to transport 180,000 lbs of beans/ $20,222 = 11 cents per
pound.
I don't know anything about the buy-sell price of beans but lets say
ya gross $3.00/pound
No... lets be real and say you gross close to 4 times that for roasted
hand sorted, sun dried, organic gormet coffee delivered in a eco-
friendly way. In a way that foster brand loyality from customers that
demand companies and products be as green and eco-friendly as
possiable. And while doing it you promote enviormental awareness and
feel good about what you are doing.
10,000 lbs beans x $3.00 = $30,000
180,000 lbs of beans x $3.00 = $540,000 but subtract fuel cost
($20,222) = $519,778
Lets see.......... I spend the same amount of time at sea (sailboat v.
Shrimper @ 9mph)
Sailboat gets me $30,000
Fuel hog Shrimp boat gets me $519,778 after paying fuel.
And ya wonder why people ship by barge?!?!?
That fine Bob, but you are missing a key part of the puzzle and would
be sitting on 180,000 lbs of green bean...That's OK it's not a time
senesitive cargo until it's been roasted.... but it may take you a
while to sell them.
So for the same amount of work im making at least $489,778 more than
the small sailboat. ya, I know that a 80' steel boat will cost more in
bottom paint but at those earnings I think it wont matter. But you can
always back haul 15,000 gallons of high sulfur cheep diesel from SA
and sell it to your friends like you do the beans.
Why try to skirt the law? That's when people get in trouble. Your
head would start spinning dealing with the restrictions to import
fuel, you get busted doing it I'm sure uncle sam would put you under
the jail and throw away the key.
Humm, whats the
cost of diesel in SA?
In C.A. on Ambergris Caye it's 10.00 US per gallon.
If its all about proffit then make it!
It's not all about the profit, if it were I'd agree. It's people who
put profit over the enviroment who have overfished and over polluted
our sea. That's the whole ideal, you may spend a bit more time at sea,
you may carry less, you may have to be more flexable in schedules, but
you can use your methods to created enough demand to make a fair
profit.
The only advantage you have is scale. Our long term goal is to
convert RedCloud to carry 40,000 lbs per trip...then
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Joe
Bob