Cabo Finisterre

[IDAMAY]

Knowing how you lot like your photos, here is one of Ocean Spirit (I really should change my Forum identity) passing Cabo Finisterre, North West Spain yesterday. You really couldn't have better conditions for passing the most westerly point of mainland Europe.

Incidentally, we haven't seen another UK based motor boat since leaving La Rochelle on 6 July. Where have the adventurous motor boaters gone or did they never exist?



Photo courtesy of Nigel Pickin.

No doubt a more extensive trip report will appear at a later date.

 

[rafiki_]

Nice, thanks. Looking forward to the full thread please.

 

[MapisM]

No doubt a more extensive trip report will appear at a later date.

Looking forward to it! :encouragement:

Just curious - since you mentioned in my Trader thread that you mostly cruise at around 8 knots: is that the speed you were making in that pic, approximately?

 

[IDAMAY]

Looking forward to it! :encouragement:

Just curious - since you mentioned in my Trader thread that you mostly cruise at around 8 knots: is that the speed you were making in that pic, approximately?

Yes, Mapism to within half a knot although Nigel has some video of another pass when we were doing 13+ which he may post. She pushes a lot of water at that speed. I wasn't looking at the fuel read outs!

 

[Nigelpickin]

Yes, Mapism to within half a knot although Nigel has some video of another pass when we were doing 13+ which he may post. She pushes a lot of water at that speed. I wasn't looking at the fuel read outs!

I'll put it up a little later when the wifi isn't being hogged by you two!

 

[Nigelpickin]

Incidentally, we haven't seen another UK based motor boat since leaving La Rochelle on 6 July. Where have the adventurous motor boaters gone or did they never exist?
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Rich, they've all got jobs and the ones that don't ship the the things like Russian dolls, (Hurricane excepted)

Still it means that there's loads of room in the marinas for us

 

[MapisM]

Yes, Mapism to within half a knot although Nigel has some video of another pass when we were doing 13+ which he may post. She pushes a lot of water at that speed. I wasn't looking at the fuel read outs!

Thanks in advance to Nigel, I for one would be interested to see the cruising attitude at SD speed of your fine vessel. :encouragement:

Btw, IIRC you've got Cat 3126, whose governor is mechanical, hence you can't have real time fuel burn numbers through its standard gauges. Have you got Floscan (or other similar) sensors installed, maybe?

 

[Uricanejack]

Nice picture, You must have a very long selfie stick.

 

[Nigelpickin]

Thanks in advance to Nigel, I for one would be interested to see the cruising attitude at SD speed of your fine vessel. :encouragement:

Btw, IIRC you've got Cat 3126, whose governor is mechanical, hence you can't have real time fuel burn numbers through its standard gauges. Have you got Floscan (or other similar) sensors installed, maybe?

Here you go M, very rough minute of video.
You can see Richard's boat pushing the water aside, it was an unusual sight for us; the first time in the last 1,000 miles that we've seen the bows up and stern down.
There's a clip of a flakey IPS boat after the Trader shot so just ff that bit
Our thoughts and best wishes to you and your country folk btw, after the awful events of the last few days.
Best regards

 

[IDAMAY]

Thanks in advance to Nigel, I for one would be interested to see the cruising attitude at SD speed of your fine vessel. :encouragement:

Btw, IIRC you've got Cat 3126, whose governor is mechanical, hence you can't have real time fuel burn numbers through its standard gauges. Have you got Floscan (or other similar) sensors installed, maybe?

Not sure what sensors are installed but the CAT Marine Power read outs give gallons per hour burned together with manifold pressure, gearbox temps, etc etc. The consumption figures are corroborated by long term actual use age.

 

[IDAMAY]

Nice picture, You must have a very long selfie stick.

It is called a Prestige 500S!

 

[MapisM]

Our thoughts and best wishes to you and your country folk btw, after the awful events of the last few days.

Thanks for your sympathies, NP.

And for the video, of course: interesting stuff.
The 535 cruising attitude doesn't look bad at all, btw.
I mean, the AoA is obviously higher that at D speed, but at 13 kts or so I can think of several P boats of similar size that would be pushing around just about as much water, if not more...

 

[MapisM]

Not sure what sensors are installed but the CAT Marine Power read outs give gallons per hour burned together with manifold pressure, gearbox temps, etc etc. The consumption figures are corroborated by long term actual use age.

Do you mean that you've got gauges similar to the ones below, where you can scroll through several engine parameters on the small LCD display at the bottom of the rev counter?
I would have thought that these instruments couldn't be interfaced to the 3126, also because I've always seen only analog gauges in 3126 powered boats. But if that's what you've got, I'm obviously wrong! :encouragement:

 

[IDAMAY]

Do you mean that you've got gauges similar to the ones below, where you can scroll through several engine parameters on the small LCD display at the bottom of the rev counter?
I would have thought that these instruments couldn't be interfaced to the 3126, also because I've always seen only analog gauges in 3126 powered boats. But if that's what you've got, I'm obviously wrong! :encouragement:

No MapisM they look like this.

There are a number of screens which you can scroll through which show other data and in different configurations. Not sure if it is relevant but the engines are 3126Bs.

 

[MapisM]

Wow, those are what Cat call "MPD", for Marine Power Display.
Very nice bits of kit, even more modern than the "EMS" (Engine Monitoring System) I previously posted.
I would have never thought that they are compatible with the 3126, but you live and learn, as they say...
Obviously they must be electronically controlled, at least in the version you've got.
Just curious, what sort of lph/load/rpm numbers do you get, while cruising at about 8 knots?
I'd be also interested to hear about WOT rpm/speed, if I may ask.

Edit: just for the records, you made me curious, so I digged into my files library, and found these pages of the MPD Operator's Guide, confirming that indeed the 3126 (apparently, only the "B" version) is MPD-compatible... :encouragement:

 

[IDAMAY]

Normal RPM at around 8it's is 1250 to 1400 depending on tidal assistance or otherwise! Engine load will be around 25 to 35 percent give or take. LPH around 15 each engine once again varying according to tide and sea conditions. I can't answer your WOT question yet but watch this space. I am sure Nigel will persuade me to burn some more fuel before we reach Portimao!

 

[Nigelpickin]

Normal RPM at around 8it's is 1250 to 1400 depending on tidal assistance or otherwise! Engine load will be around 25 to 35 percent give or take. LPH around 15 each engine once again varying according to tide and sea conditions. I can't answer your WOT question yet but watch this space. I am sure Nigel will persuade me to burn some more fuel before we reach Portimao!

It's looking pretty flat for tomorrow Rich - race?

 

[kashurst]

great pics, amazing sea state for around there too. Is there an ultimate destination?

 

[IDAMAY]

Portimao Algarve for the winter then who knows?

 

[Nigelpickin]

Portimao Algarve for the winter then who knows?

I think that the med looks good for a season Rich, otherwise a few month up in Galicia would be far from awful