Hi George I am investigating to put Volvo IPS 400 on my next 48 footer.We have sent the plans to Volvo to acquire the necessary specs from them. It seems that for this to work the hull has to be a planning hull and to get the best result we have to fit foils on the boat.The present boat we are building will have foils and seems it will lift the boat at 15 knots. So clearly it will ensure better fuel consumption.We will however also do trails without them to see the affect that the foils do have and also what increase in speed we will get. Thanks Mark Nicholson

Any drawings or renderings posted anywhere on the Web so we can see what you're developing? --Georgs >I am investigating to put Volvo IPS 400 on my next 48 footer.We have sent >the plans to Volvo to acquire the necessary specs from them. It seems that >for this to work the hull has to be a planning hull and to get the best >result we have to fit foils on the boat.The present boat we are building >will have foils and seems it will lift the boat at 15 knots. So clearly it >will ensure better fuel consumption.We will however also do trails without >them to see the affect that the foils do have and also what increase in >speed we will get. > >Thanks > >Mark Nicholson >_______________________________________________ >Power-Catamaran Mailing List