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any one into boats?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 5:00 pm
by Gravitypilot
What do you think of this chaps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzuRBeHGN8M
why have one 900hp v8 , when you can have 3!
merc racing now make a mental range of boat engines, one of there top of the line models produces 1350hp!
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:48 pm
by chunky79
mooch is a boat man
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:15 pm
by Cornishmoocher
hmmmm... horses for courses i suppose..... not really very practical. a racing boat turned into a pleasure boat. there is nothing pleasurable about doing 100mph across water unless its mirror flat. there are better boats out there for less money. its got £200k worth of feckin dials for christs sake.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 6:27 am
by JCviggen
Seems like an awful waste of fuel to me.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:39 am
by philroach
JCviggen wrote:Seems like an awful waste of fuel to me.
this from an RS6 owner !!!!
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 12:55 pm
by JCviggen
philroach wrote:JCviggen wrote:Seems like an awful waste of fuel to me.
this from an RS6 owner !!!!
Well I'm pretty sure an RS6 goes a lot faster on land than that thing with probably about 10x the fuel consumption
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:20 pm
by Gravitypilot
fountain make some mental boats but you can pick them up from the states for good prices but you need a blooming f250 to toe them!
Gas turbine is the way to go i think , ive got todo a project with something gas turbine invloved soon
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:26 pm
by Shoppinit
The two best days of boat ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.
That boat is not a money pit, it's a money abyss!
Bet it gets the girls wet though. With all the spray and such like.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:44 pm
by Cornishmoocher
Gravitypilot wrote:fountain make some mental boats but you can pick them up from the states for good prices but you need a blooming f250 to toe them!
Gas turbine is the way to go i think , ive got todo a project with something gas turbine invloved soon
Bines were very popular in boats in the 90's and early 00's. But todays current economical climate has seen owners go away from turbine powered boa and indeed away from motor all together. Corporations who use vessels as atax loss are now considering sail to improve their "green credentials".
I once played with a boat that had 63,000 hp from 3 RR gas turbines. it was mental. Especial when you consider it was only 60 meters in length.
Gravy, would love to hear about your project, PM if prefered.
Did a boat test not so long ago on a Pershing 115, it had 2 MTU 3750hp diesels and a TF50 turbine (5000hp) all coupled to 3 KaMeWa water jets.... top speed 52 knots in a 35 meter yacht. Problem was... and we think RS ownership is thirsty, it carried 4500 gallons of fuel and its range at 30 knots?? 450 miles.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:23 pm
by Gravitypilot
63,000 hp jesus... yes you cant quite get you head around about buying fuel in tons rather than litres!
very interested in doing a gas turbine project... we are going to look for a good base hull to start with and go from there, the sheer noise they produce is amazing
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:33 pm
by PJC
I will never complain about MPG again.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:03 pm
by bilko1
Theres a cheap hull going down the road from me if you are interested
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ct-it.html
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:14 pm
by PJC
What are terrible shame, I was on the Sunseeker stand at Excel a few years ago, how the other half live....
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:38 pm
by Cornishmoocher
Gravitypilot wrote:63,000 hp jesus... yes you cant quite get you head around about buying fuel in tons rather than litres!
very interested in doing a gas turbine project... we are going to look for a good base hull to start with and go from there, the sheer noise they produce is amazing
Destriero, crossed the atlantic in 30ish hours........
Fabio Buzzi FB design is a top man. Also if you want to chat with someone who is probably the worlds foremost boating expert, pm me and i can put him in touch. Wont publicaly name the man.
Re: any one into boats?
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 9:41 pm
by Cornishmoocher
^^^ oh and that used 900 tonnes of fuel on the crossing.. it AVERAGed 63 knots, we reckon when she crossed the line she was doing nearly 100.