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Trawler, anyone?
On Jan 15, 8:17*pm, D K wrote:
wrote: On Jan 15, 6:51 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:53:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: The new Grand Banks 41 with Skyhook, looks awesome. Beautiful Salon, apparently lots of room from the photos , and fast, too. 23 knots for a 41 foot Trawler is fast. Great range, as well. Another beauty that would be nice to own. To be called a trawler a boat needs to have a decent fuel range, close to 1,000 nautical miles give or take. * It is highly unlikely that a 23 knot boat will be anything close to that. * Grand Banks seems to have forgotten their roots. I forgot to mention ( and you obviously havent read the write-up, my bad ) but at 8.8 knots, using 7.9 gal per hour.... with a load of 500 gallons....thats a lot of NM. More than your cutoff line, I'll guess. Twin Diesels. Zeus Pods. Go read the write-up. I get 620 miles but that's slow as hell - over 63 hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hence the term " Cruising "...doh! |
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Trawler, anyone?
On Jan 15, 7:52*pm, wrote:
On Jan 15, 8:17*pm, D K wrote: wrote: On Jan 15, 6:51 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:53:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: The new Grand Banks 41 with Skyhook, looks awesome. Beautiful Salon, apparently lots of room from the photos , and fast, too. 23 knots for a 41 foot Trawler is fast. Great range, as well. Another beauty that would be nice to own. To be called a trawler a boat needs to have a decent fuel range, close to 1,000 nautical miles give or take. * It is highly unlikely that a 23 knot boat will be anything close to that. * Grand Banks seems to have forgotten their roots. I forgot to mention ( and you obviously havent read the write-up, my bad ) but at 8.8 knots, using 7.9 gal per hour.... with a load of 500 gallons....thats a lot of NM. More than your cutoff line, I'll guess. Twin Diesels. Zeus Pods. Go read the write-up. I get 620 miles but that's slow as hell - over 63 hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hence the term " Cruising "...doh! more like "coasting" |
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Trawler, anyone?
On Jan 15, 11:37*pm, Tim wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:52*pm, wrote: On Jan 15, 8:17*pm, D K wrote: wrote: On Jan 15, 6:51 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:53:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: The new Grand Banks 41 with Skyhook, looks awesome. Beautiful Salon, apparently lots of room from the photos , and fast, too. 23 knots for a 41 foot Trawler is fast. Great range, as well. Another beauty that would be nice to own. To be called a trawler a boat needs to have a decent fuel range, close to 1,000 nautical miles give or take. * It is highly unlikely that a 23 knot boat will be anything close to that. * Grand Banks seems to have forgotten their roots. I forgot to mention ( and you obviously havent read the write-up, my bad ) but at 8.8 knots, using 7.9 gal per hour.... with a load of 500 gallons....thats a lot of NM. More than your cutoff line, I'll guess. Twin Diesels. Zeus Pods. Go read the write-up. I get 620 miles but that's slow as hell - over 63 hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hence the term " Cruising "...doh! more like "coasting"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 8.8 knots isnt exactly coasting...close... |
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Tim wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:52 pm, wrote: On Jan 15, 8:17 pm, D K wrote: wrote: On Jan 15, 6:51 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:53:59 -0800 (PST), wrote: The new Grand Banks 41 with Skyhook, looks awesome. Beautiful Salon, apparently lots of room from the photos , and fast, too. 23 knots for a 41 foot Trawler is fast. Great range, as well. Another beauty that would be nice to own. To be called a trawler a boat needs to have a decent fuel range, close to 1,000 nautical miles give or take. It is highly unlikely that a 23 knot boat will be anything close to that. Grand Banks seems to have forgotten their roots. I forgot to mention ( and you obviously havent read the write-up, my bad ) but at 8.8 knots, using 7.9 gal per hour.... with a load of 500 gallons....thats a lot of NM. More than your cutoff line, I'll guess. Twin Diesels. Zeus Pods. Go read the write-up. I get 620 miles but that's slow as hell - over 63 hours.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hence the term " Cruising "...doh! more like "coasting" Or...drifting. |
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