spannerman
Well-Known Member
Princess\'s don\'t rock! (or roll)
I just read the test report on the MY 85 and can confirm it is all true, yesterday I had to deliver a V70 to our Bergen office, it was a magical trip. We left at 6 am and watched the snow on the mountains change colour as the sun came up. It was fantastic cruising through mirror flat fjords meandering through all the hundreds of islands and holms at 35 kts, 3 hrs later we tied up in Bergen. Then we had a full days seminar and departed in stately fashion aboard our MY95 with the Tracstar system, we cruised back through the fjords now ablaze with red and green channel lights and ever changing sector lights, it was like the approach lights to Heathrow.
We ran at 10 kts sipping a miserly 100 liters p.h. and the engines at 950 rpm, opening up to full power increases the speed by 14 kts but the fuel consumption rises to 1,000 liters.p.h. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
So as they said you cruise at much lower speeds, and this is where the system shines as the hull isn't really planing so the natural stability hasn't come into effect.
The boat was rock steady, we switched it off and immediately it started to roll and wallow as we encountered waves, switched it on again and it was like being on a scalextric track with only mild fore and aft pitching. This meant we could cruise at an economical speed in perfect comfort as we did in the main saloon having drinks while watching Top Gear on the sat TV.
Next week I have to test our two Nortechs after fitting even bigger motors (2x1250hp) fresh from the States, its a hard life!
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I just read the test report on the MY 85 and can confirm it is all true, yesterday I had to deliver a V70 to our Bergen office, it was a magical trip. We left at 6 am and watched the snow on the mountains change colour as the sun came up. It was fantastic cruising through mirror flat fjords meandering through all the hundreds of islands and holms at 35 kts, 3 hrs later we tied up in Bergen. Then we had a full days seminar and departed in stately fashion aboard our MY95 with the Tracstar system, we cruised back through the fjords now ablaze with red and green channel lights and ever changing sector lights, it was like the approach lights to Heathrow.
We ran at 10 kts sipping a miserly 100 liters p.h. and the engines at 950 rpm, opening up to full power increases the speed by 14 kts but the fuel consumption rises to 1,000 liters.p.h. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
So as they said you cruise at much lower speeds, and this is where the system shines as the hull isn't really planing so the natural stability hasn't come into effect.
The boat was rock steady, we switched it off and immediately it started to roll and wallow as we encountered waves, switched it on again and it was like being on a scalextric track with only mild fore and aft pitching. This meant we could cruise at an economical speed in perfect comfort as we did in the main saloon having drinks while watching Top Gear on the sat TV.
Next week I have to test our two Nortechs after fitting even bigger motors (2x1250hp) fresh from the States, its a hard life!
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