On Thursday 20 May 2004 11:57 am in rec.boats DSK wrote:

On Thursday 20 May 2004 3:02 am in rec.boats TF wrote:

How much does an ocean going motoryacht cost? Something that will take
you from Boston to London. Is a ballpark number possible for
such a motoryacht? Is it 500K, 5 mil or somewhere in between?

Chris Newport wrote:
You need a large displacement or semi-displacement yacht to carry
enough fuel for over 3000nm. This is going to be at least a 75 foot
boat, more likely 85 or more depending on choices.

??!? Oh c'mon, a forty footer made a circumnavigation. It would be
easily possible to install the fuel tanks to get that much range on many
35 footers. In this case however IMHO bigger is better.

It is possible to do a circumnavigation in hops of less than 1500nm,
for example the atlantic can be crossed via Bermuda and the Azores
or Greenland and Iceland.
The original question implied a direct Boston - UK nonstop crossing
which is rather a different question. The fuel required is rather
too heavy for a small boat B-).

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