>Gregor Tarjan, president of Aeroyacht, the multihull dealer and >broker based on Long Island, told me at Miami that the first >up-market Blubay 45 is nearing completion in South Africa. The >express weekender will make its debut at the Newport, Rhode Island, >show in September. > >http://www.aeroyacht.com/BluBay/Power/TC45/Overview.htm > >Tarjan says he will attempt to establish a record for the >New-York-to-Bermuda passage with the Blubay. > >The Bermuda Challenge Trophy, for record setters in outboard-powered >boats 40 feet and under, is held by a Prowler 306 which took 22 >hours 23 minutes to scorch the 690-nautical mile distance at an >average speed of 30.9 knots. The Prowler was powered by Honda BF225 >4-stroke outboard engines. The fastest passage that I know of in a power cat longer 40 feet would be Crosswater, a Crosswater 49, that participated in the 2005 West Marine TrawlerTrek. Crosswater took 51 hours 40 minutes to run the 668 nautical miles from Thimble Shoals Light in Chesapeake Bay to Spit Buoy at St. George's, Bermuda. That works out to an average speed of just under 13 knots. --Georgs -- Georgs Kolesnikovs Power Catamaran World http://www.powercatamaranworld.com