On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:55:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

We were
chatting about engines and I'm the side of outboards and he's thinking
some small block I/O setup because it fit the parameters of speed and
milage while I'm on the side of beating the parameters.

Most small block I/Os that I'm familiar with get around 2 nmpg, maybe
2 1/2 on a good day. Those boats are way too small to cruise on big
water for 1400 miles without getting beat up pretty badly.

I think a power cat around 30 ft with diesels is about right but even
they would need a halfway decent weather window for the offshore part
of the trip.

Anything much bigger than that will either not have the speed or not
have the fuel economy.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:55:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

We were
chatting about engines and I'm the side of outboards and he's thinking
some small block I/O setup because it fit the parameters of speed and
milage while I'm on the side of beating the parameters.

Most small block I/Os that I'm familiar with get around 2 nmpg, maybe
2 1/2 on a good day. Those boats are way too small to cruise on big
water for 1400 miles without getting beat up pretty badly.

I think a power cat around 30 ft with diesels is about right but even
they would need a halfway decent weather window for the offshore part
of the trip.

Anything much bigger than that will either not have the speed or not
have the fuel economy.

Could be.

On Feb 25, 9:32?am, Wayne.B wrote:

I think a power cat around 30 ft with diesels is about right but even
they would need a halfway decent weather window for the offshore part
of the trip.


Excellent deduction. :-)

This whole idea started off as a one-boat publicity stunt for a
particular brand of power cat, but others are apparently eager to join
in.

By the end of May, there's probably a 65%-70% chance of at least
passable weather.

On 25 Feb 2007 22:44:49 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

By the end of May, there's probably a 65%-70% chance of at least
passable weather.

Would you fly on a plane with a 65 to 70% chance of arriving safely?

On Feb 26, 7:02?am, Wayne.B wrote:
On 25 Feb 2007 22:44:49 -0800, "Chuck Gould"

wrote:
By the end of May, there's probably a 65%-70% chance of at least
passable weather.

Would you fly on a plane with a 65 to 70% chance of arriving safely?

"Passable" was not the best choice of words.

There's a 65-70% chance of making a comfortable passage.

Wayne.B wrote:
On 25 Feb 2007 22:44:49 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

By the end of May, there's probably a 65%-70% chance of at least
passable weather.

Would you fly on a plane with a 65 to 70% chance of arriving safely?

I wouldn't fly on a plane with a 100% chance of arriving safely.

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:25:48 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I wouldn't fly on a plane with a 100% chance of arriving safely.

I thought you marines were made of tougher stuff?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:25:48 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I wouldn't fly on a plane with a 100% chance of arriving safely.

I thought you marines were made of tougher stuff?

Landing craft, LST's, LPD, LHA's there are safer ways to travel.

But, with planes you need to get out of them before they land. The bad
stuff happens on landing.

A-9639,C-19201,D-12373,SL-I-95,AFF-I-95

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:25:48 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I wouldn't fly on a plane with a 100% chance of arriving safely.

I thought you marines were made of tougher stuff?

He is beginning to sound like is a pansy.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:25:48 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I wouldn't fly on a plane with a 100% chance of arriving safely.

I thought you marines were made of tougher stuff?

He is beginning to sound like is a pansy.

Smithers this, Pansy Boy...