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Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
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/ |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
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Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
Peter Prick wrote in news:MPG.261955249d37e40d9896b2
@news.eternal-september.org: I don't get it. Did the blonde fall in the water? Think you left something out. I can't imagine a marina, nothing but a nautical trailer park for the rich, being called "paradise", blonde or no blonde. What the hell does it have a loaded brothel where the bait shop used to be?! -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 28, 12:53*pm, Wayne.B 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 |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
"Larry" wrote in message ... Peter Prick wrote in news:MPG.261955249d37e40d9896b2 @news.eternal-september.org: I don't get it. Did the blonde fall in the water? Think you left something out. I can't imagine a marina, nothing but a nautical trailer park for the rich, being called "paradise", blonde or no blonde. What the hell does it have a loaded brothel where the bait shop used to be?! My guess is that some marinas that can accommodate a 122' yacht may approach paradise. I gotta think that some of those folks have more money than brains, and they want to spend it at some place other than "ye olde bait shoppe." I wouldn't know... my 23 footer only parks at places that are lucky to have a bait shop. g --Mike |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B 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 --Mike |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
"mgg" wrote in
: 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 --Mike I was stranded a couple of years ago on my friend's Amel Sharki 41 with a broken Perkins 4-108 full of seawater caused by a yardbird installing the wrong dripless gland flooding the exhaust system with seawater. I volunteered to stay aboard and get the engine fixed at Daytona Beach Marine. One day this huge jet-powered monster yacht sidled up to the diesel dock, which was equipped with standard car gas station pumps like your local Texaco and wanted a "fill up" to its 12,000 gallon tanks that were nearly empty. I had befriended most of the marina staff into loaning me the marina van many times to explore Daytona Beach's old city and go out to eat/shop. So, I offered to help fuel the beast to let the dock staff attend to the other guests, their nice store and captain's lounge/laundry..... Having pumped the marina dry of diesel, a tank truck was hurriedly called in but couldn't fuel it directly because it only had gravity feed to the big tanks in the ground. We continued to pump on into the night FINALLY filling the monster with enough fuel to take him a few miles away with his FOUR giant waterjet diesels. The owners were not aboard and the nice Australian captain and crew gave us the grand tour, including the engine/pump compartments. What a beautiful piece of ultra-modern marine vessel she is. Sorry I've forgotten what the name of it was, at the moment. I can tell you where all the fuel filler caps are located, however.....(c;] We pumped and we pumped at 4 gals/minute....hee hee. Master Card, VISA, Carte Blanche or American Express. We could call for an armored car if you have cash.......or gold bars or certifiable Rhodium. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
"Larry" wrote in message ... "mgg" wrote in : 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 --Mike I was stranded a couple of years ago on my friend's Amel Sharki 41 with a broken Perkins 4-108 full of seawater caused by a yardbird installing the wrong dripless gland flooding the exhaust system with seawater. I volunteered to stay aboard and get the engine fixed at Daytona Beach Marine. One day this huge jet-powered monster yacht sidled up to the diesel dock, which was equipped with standard car gas station pumps like your local Texaco and wanted a "fill up" to its 12,000 gallon tanks that were nearly empty. I had befriended most of the marina staff into loaning me the marina van many times to explore Daytona Beach's old city and go out to eat/shop. So, I offered to help fuel the beast to let the dock staff attend to the other guests, their nice store and captain's lounge/laundry..... Having pumped the marina dry of diesel, a tank truck was hurriedly called in but couldn't fuel it directly because it only had gravity feed to the big tanks in the ground. We continued to pump on into the night FINALLY filling the monster with enough fuel to take him a few miles away with his FOUR giant waterjet diesels. The owners were not aboard and the nice Australian captain and crew gave us the grand tour, including the engine/pump compartments. What a beautiful piece of ultra-modern marine vessel she is. Sorry I've forgotten what the name of it was, at the moment. I can tell you where all the fuel filler caps are located, however.....(c;] We pumped and we pumped at 4 gals/minute....hee hee. Master Card, VISA, Carte Blanche or American Express. We could call for an armored car if you have cash.......or gold bars or certifiable Rhodium. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry All I can say is WOW! I don't feel bad burning 50 gal of gas for a fun weekend of skiing, wakeboarding, and fishing anymore. Those beasts burn that much backing out of the dock! --Mike |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 28, 9:47*pm, "mgg" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B 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 --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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..." |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 28, 11:59*pm, "mgg" wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message ... "mgg" wrote in : 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 --Mike I was stranded a couple of years ago on my friend's Amel Sharki 41 with a broken Perkins 4-108 full of seawater caused by a yardbird installing the wrong dripless gland flooding the exhaust system with seawater. *I volunteered to stay aboard and get the engine fixed at Daytona Beach Marine. One day this huge jet-powered monster yacht sidled up to the diesel dock, which was equipped with standard car gas station pumps like your local Texaco and wanted a "fill up" to its 12,000 gallon tanks that were nearly empty. I had befriended most of the marina staff into loaning me the marina van many times to explore Daytona Beach's old city and go out to eat/shop. So, I offered to help fuel the beast to let the dock staff attend to the other guests, their nice store and captain's lounge/laundry..... Having pumped the marina dry of diesel, a tank truck was hurriedly called in but couldn't fuel it directly because it only had gravity feed to the big tanks in the ground. *We continued to pump on into the night FINALLY filling the monster with enough fuel to take him a few miles away with his FOUR giant waterjet diesels. The owners were not aboard and the nice Australian captain and crew gave us the grand tour, including the engine/pump compartments. *What a beautiful piece of ultra-modern marine vessel she is. *Sorry I've forgotten what the name of it was, at the moment. *I can tell you where all the fuel filler caps are located, however.....(c;] *We pumped and we pumped at 4 gals/minute....hee hee. Master Card, VISA, Carte Blanche or American Express. *We could call for an armored car if you have cash.......or gold bars or certifiable Rhodium. -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry All I can say is WOW! I don't feel bad burning 50 gal of gas for a fun weekend of skiing, wakeboarding, and fishing anymore. Those beasts burn that much backing out of the dock! --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My little Chris Craft with the 140 Mercruiser 4-cyl, will give me a good day at the lake on 10 gal. That includes tubing the gret nephews till they can't stand it any longer, too! |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles,etc.
Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.discoverystlucia.com/photogallery.asp Now is the time to buy one of these suckers. Westport builds them to 164 foot (onyx floors and elevators) and they finish them here in the Port Angeles marina. There hasn't been one in here now for quite some time and Westport is biting the bullet. Westport did have a big Fountain cigarette type boat in here for testing the other day. Triple turbo Cummins with some sort of jet drive. Word is they are working on something for the military. Gordon |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 29, 9:06*am, Gordon wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: http://www.discoverystlucia.com/photogallery.asp * *Now is the time to buy one of these suckers. Westport builds them to 164 foot (onyx floors and elevators) and they finish them here in the Port Angeles marina. There hasn't been one in here now for quite some time and Westport is biting the bullet. * Westport did have a big Fountain cigarette type boat in here for testing the other day. Triple turbo Cummins with some sort of jet drive. Word is they are working on something for the military. * Gordon Gordon, you didn't put a link in there.... |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 9:47 pm, "mgg" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B 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 --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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..." Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon. |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 29, 10:37*am, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 9:47 pm, "mgg" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message .... On Mar 28, 12:53 pm, Wayne.B 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 --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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..." Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke. Maybe more! |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles,etc.
On 3/29/10 12:47 PM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 29, 10:37 am, "Bill wrote: wrote in message ... On Mar 28, 9:47 pm, wrote: wrote in message ... 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 --Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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..." Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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... |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles,etc.
Tim wrote:
On Mar 29, 9:06 am, Gordon wrote: Wayne.B wrote: http://www.discoverystlucia.com/photogallery.asp Now is the time to buy one of these suckers. Westport builds them to 164 foot (onyx floors and elevators) and they finish them here in the Port Angeles marina. There hasn't been one in here now for quite some time and Westport is biting the bullet. Westport did have a big Fountain cigarette type boat in here for testing the other day. Triple turbo Cummins with some sort of jet drive. Word is they are working on something for the military. Gordon Gordon, you didn't put a link in there.... http://www.westportyachts.com/ |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke. Maybe more! Fairly easy to figure out: At 20 knots they are doing approximately 6000 x 12 = 72,000 inches/hour. If they are burning 1,000 gallons per hour which I believe is in the ballpark, that would be 7.2 inch/gal which jibes pretty closely with the 6 in/gal stated previously. What we don't know is what RPM the engines are turning at, the number of pistons, and whether they are 2 cycle or 4 cycle - all of which would impact fuel per power stroke. Just for grins, let's estimate 720 RPM, 10 pistons and a 2 stroke engine. That's 12 RPS x 10 powerstrokes per rev = 120 PowerStrokes/sec. Fuel burn at 1,000 gph is less that 1/3 gal/sec so the amount of fuel per power stroke is actually not all that high, maybe about 1/4 ounce per stroke. |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
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Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 29, 2:07*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke. Maybe more! Fairly easy to figure out: *At 20 knots they are doing approximately 6000 x 12 = 72,000 inches/hour. *If they are burning 1,000 gallons per hour which I believe is in the ballpark, that would be 7.2 inch/gal which jibes pretty closely with the 6 in/gal stated previously. What we don't know is what RPM the engines are turning at, the number of pistons, and whether they are 2 cycle or 4 cycle - all of which would impact fuel per power stroke. *Just for grins, let's estimate 720 RPM, 10 pistons and a 2 stroke engine. *That's 12 RPS x 10 powerstrokes per rev = 120 PowerStrokes/sec. *Fuel burn at 1,000 gph is less that 1/3 gal/sec so the amount of fuel per power stroke is actually not all that high, maybe about 1/4 ounce per stroke. * Wayne, I found some specs. Scroll down to the FAQ's. It's pretty interesting. 9- 9cyl. 4- stroke engines at 400 RPM running on Baker's fuel. No wonder it's rated in tons. http://www.qe2.org.uk/engine.html |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:24:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Mar 29, 2:07*pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke. Maybe more! Fairly easy to figure out: *At 20 knots they are doing approximately 6000 x 12 = 72,000 inches/hour. *If they are burning 1,000 gallons per hour which I believe is in the ballpark, that would be 7.2 inch/gal which jibes pretty closely with the 6 in/gal stated previously. What we don't know is what RPM the engines are turning at, the number of pistons, and whether they are 2 cycle or 4 cycle - all of which would impact fuel per power stroke. *Just for grins, let's estimate 720 RPM, 10 pistons and a 2 stroke engine. *That's 12 RPS x 10 powerstrokes per rev = 120 PowerStrokes/sec. *Fuel burn at 1,000 gph is less that 1/3 gal/sec so the amount of fuel per power stroke is actually not all that high, maybe about 1/4 ounce per stroke. * Wayne, I found some specs. Scroll down to the FAQ's. It's pretty interesting. 9- 9cyl. 4- stroke engines at 400 RPM running on Baker's fuel. No wonder it's rated in tons. http://www.qe2.org.uk/engine.html Interesting, thanks. Note that by using a diesel-electric propulsion system, they have cleverly eliminated the need for alternators and generators... :-) |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 29, 8:06*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:24:25 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Mar 29, 2:07 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:47:44 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: Reply: I read somewhere that the QE2 gets 6" per gallon.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Which probably translates out to be about a gallon per piston stroke. Maybe more! Fairly easy to figure out: At 20 knots they are doing approximately 6000 x 12 = 72,000 inches/hour. If they are burning 1,000 gallons per hour which I believe is in the ballpark, that would be 7.2 inch/gal which jibes pretty closely with the 6 in/gal stated previously. What we don't know is what RPM the engines are turning at, the number of pistons, and whether they are 2 cycle or 4 cycle - all of which would impact fuel per power stroke. Just for grins, let's estimate 720 RPM, 10 pistons and a 2 stroke engine. That's 12 RPS x 10 powerstrokes per rev = 120 PowerStrokes/sec. Fuel burn at 1,000 gph is less that 1/3 gal/sec so the amount of fuel per power stroke is actually not all that high, maybe about 1/4 ounce per stroke. Wayne, I found some specs. Scroll down to the FAQ's. It's pretty interesting. 9- 9cyl. 4- stroke engines at 400 RPM running on Baker's fuel. No wonder it's rated in tons. http://www.qe2.org.uk/engine.html Interesting, thanks. Note that by using a diesel-electric propulsion system, they have cleverly eliminated the need for alternators and generators... * :-) Thank Goodness!!!! |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mar 28, 12:53*pm, Wayne.B
http://marigotbay.com/themarina/ "The Marina can accommodate 40 yachts from 30 ft to 250 ft LOA with a maximum draft of 16 ft and a maximum beam of 44ft." Good Lord! I think my 27 ft. Cavalier could have probably fit in the master closet with room to spare! |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
in fact just like us but they do have more money and more toys. At least bigger money and bigger toys. |
Paradise Found, aka, The Marina at Marigot Bay, Passarelles, etc.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:12:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: On Mar 28, 12:53*pm, Wayne.B http://marigotbay.com/themarina/ "The Marina can accommodate 40 yachts from 30 ft to 250 ft LOA with a maximum draft of 16 ft and a maximum beam of 44ft." Good Lord! I think my 27 ft. Cavalier could have probably fit in the master closet with room to spare! Some of the folks that hang out there obviously have giga bucks. Since they could go where ever they wanted, that tells you something. It really is a great place and the marina is reasonably priced, at least for boats in our size range. |
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