The Petersens purchased the Chrysalis as a shell and finished it off
themselves. So I really do not know what it cost.
It may be possible to find out the fuel used to cross the Atlantic somewhere
on their web site. I believe there was a mention somewhere that they had
crossed to the Azores five days faster than a group of Nordhavns and had
used half the fuel.
Wow! That would be something if it were proven to be true.
Here's how data for Chrysalis, a 64-foot Tennant custom design, and
Bluewater, a stock Nordhavn 47, compare on the Bermuda-Azores leg. At
1,800 nautical miles, it's the longest leg of a trans-Atlantic
passage, the distance that separates wannabes from genuine
passagemakers.
Chrysalis Bluewater
Average speed 8.3 knots 6.2 knots
Fuel consumption 4.0 gph 4.4 gph
Time underway 9 days 12 days
Fuel burned 865 gal 1,275 gal
Chrysalis is a $2-million boat professionally built while the cost of
a Nordhavn 47 is about $1 million.
I'll try to get fuel burn data for a larger Nordhavn to complete the
comparison on trans-oceanic performance. (This thread is only about
fuel burn on long offshore passages which is completely different
from coastal cruising.)
If Dennis Raedeke is online, perhaps he could share data from his
long passages across the Pacific with Wild Wind IV, a close
sistership to Chrysalis.
--Georgs
Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com
>>The Petersens purchased the Chrysalis as a shell and finished it off
>>themselves. So I really do not know what it cost.
>>It may be possible to find out the fuel used to cross the Atlantic somewhere
>>on their web site. I believe there was a mention somewhere that they had
>>crossed to the Azores five days faster than a group of Nordhavns and had
>>used half the fuel.
>
>Wow! That would be something if it were proven to be true.
Here's how data for Chrysalis, a 64-foot Tennant custom design, and
Bluewater, a stock Nordhavn 47, compare on the Bermuda-Azores leg. At
1,800 nautical miles, it's the longest leg of a trans-Atlantic
passage, the distance that separates wannabes from genuine
passagemakers.
Chrysalis Bluewater
Average speed 8.3 knots 6.2 knots
Fuel consumption 4.0 gph 4.4 gph
Time underway 9 days 12 days
Fuel burned 865 gal 1,275 gal
Chrysalis is a $2-million boat professionally built while the cost of
a Nordhavn 47 is about $1 million.
I'll try to get fuel burn data for a larger Nordhavn to complete the
comparison on trans-oceanic performance. (This thread is only about
fuel burn on long offshore passages which is completely different
from coastal cruising.)
If Dennis Raedeke is online, perhaps he could share data from his
long passages across the Pacific with Wild Wind IV, a close
sistership to Chrysalis.
--Georgs
--
Georgs Kolesnikovs
Power Catamaran World
http://www.powercatamaranworld.com
