On 3/29/10 12:47 PM, Tim wrote:
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On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, wrote:
Right now we are in a place that I call "Paradise Found", which is
more commonly known as "The Marina at Marigot Bay" in St Lucia. We
are dock neighbors with a 122 ft Feadship called "Our Toy" among other
nice boats. Everyone is "Med moored", stern-to-the-dock, which is
common down here. In our case we either rig a plank off the stern or
back in close enough to make the big step. That would not do on a
mega yacht of course so they all have these fancy hide-away gang
planks called a Passarelle allowing them to walk off the stern in
style.

http://www.cooneymarine.com/frames.p...sserelles.html

Last night I was sitting on the flybridge before dinner when a good
looking blonde appeared on the deck of the Feadship, strolled to the
stern of the boat, lifted up a recessed panel, pushed a button, and
the Passarelle magically lifted itself high into the air, like raising
the drawbridge over a castle moat. Very cool indeed. The rich are
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys.

http://marigotbay.com/themarina/

Here's what's next to you, Wayne.

http://www.yachttrails.com/yachtspec...toy--1483.html

10.5 thousand gallons of fuel... holy crap. 40-50 grand just to "fill her
up." How does a boat like that get fueled? Off shore by a tanker??lol

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I was watching a deal on the Queen Elizebeth II and they were fueling
the thing up.

There was a massive and I do me MASSIVE hose craned over to it, and
people were watching the meter on the pump as it clicked off like you
would a the older gas pumps with the numbers rolling away and at a
pretty good clip. 146...147...148... etc.

The the commentator said. "Those arn't gallons, those are tons..."

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Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke.
Maybe more!


The Queen Mary II, the QE II's newer sistership, burns fuel as follows:


- Diesel Engines – 3.1 tonnes/hour each of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) at 100% Load
- Gas Turbines – 6.0 tonnes/hour each of Marine Gas Oil (MGO) at 100% Load

Daily consumption at a speed of 29 knots, depending on the sea state and
wind, is approx 261 tonnes of HFO for the diesel engines and 237 tonnes
of MGO for the gas turbines.


Fuel tank capacities

HFO – 5,348.7 m3 or 1,412,977 US gallons MGO – 3,658.8 m3 or 966,553 US
gallons


Probably not done at the self-service pump island...