On Mar 6, 5:05 pm, "Bill" wrote:
20 tonnes of cargo seems a bit much for her. But at 12 dollars a pound
I see's 200K profit per trip.

That much? I'm just curious how you came to those numbers. It seems
that a small coffee company could do quite well with much profit. If
they make say 4 trips a year and get a good loyal following they could
have a nice year. I have heard of people that really like coffee
buying it from special Hawaiian distributors and paying something like
15-20 a pound. As long as its good coffee I don't see how this could
be such a bad idea.

Bill

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