Tim Jordan provides this report on a delivery of the new Aventure 50 from Houston to Fort Lauderdale: The Aventure 50ft catamaran weighs light ship 13.475 tons, fitted with 2 x 315 motors V-drive I then made my own calculation. We ran nights and some days through the oil platforms and 2 water ways. I filled the boat to the top with water and fuel at each of our 6 stops and proceeded to motor from Kemach Houston to Fort Lauderdale going through past Marathon up to Fort Lauderdale. Our time on the clocks were 107.3 and 107.8 We motored the boat at 2.800 rpm in the open ocean and used our engine sychroniser in order to ensure that the engines are working together and in the water ways what ever speed we could would be allowed to go. The long and the short of this exercise was to establish what it cost to run a boat under these conditions, not just a timed run but a real journey around 1.289 miles according to our trip meter Herewith the results 1.457 nmpg, and taking into the cost of the fuel in different stops, the lowest $2.37 to $2.68 you can say the entire trip cost us around $2.50 pg. We had headseas of 3 to 5ft from Galveston to Panama city, then 2ft seas down to the Keys and a current with us from the Keys to FL flat water. http://www.aventure-catamaran.com/

Snip> > > Tim Jordan provides this report on a delivery of the new Aventure 50 > from Houston to Fort Lauderdale: > > Our time on the clocks were 107.3 and 107.8 > > The long and the short of this exercise was to establish what it cost > to run a boat under these conditions, not just a timed run but a real > journey around 1.289 miles according to our trip meter > > Herewith the results 1.457 nmpg, and taking into the cost of the fuel > in different stops, the lowest $2.37 to $2.68 you can say the entire > trip cost us around $2.50 pg. Hi all I make that Average speed over whole journey 12kts Consumed 885 gals 8.23 galls per hour Did anyone else check the figures? Regards Roger Bingham France