At 12:01 AM -0500 12/31/04, passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com wrote: >A circumnavigation of Antarctica is not what I have in mind. I would >start in the northern hemisphere and dip down to the Southern Ocean >only for Cape of Good Hope and the Horn. Georgs, Sounds like a great idea. Seattle - Singapore 7,062 nm Singapore - Cape Hope 5,579 Cape Hope - Punta Arenas 4,262 Punta Arenas - Seattle 6,964 TOTAL 23,867 Of course you could do sea trials from Seattle to Punta Arenas and circumnavigate from there. It sure would be a different mind-set not to stop. You would need an LWL of at least 80 feet so your V/L would only be 0.9. at 8 knots. Still, an initial fuel burn of about 3 GPH sounds right to me. At 175,000 lbs displacement your D/L would only be about 150. You could likely build the boat for less than $2 million. Add $750,000 for planning, making the voyage and for capital acquisition/marketing expenses and for $2.75 million you wouldn't have to worry about what to do to occupy yourself for a while. With a 501 (c) 3 and the right cause you could line up the tax free donations and sell ad space on the side of the vessel. The tough part would be to find five people that wouldn't cut each others throats after 60 days in the Southern Ocean. Bruce