The most ridiculous boats (NOT Ecocat)???

[tcm]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

kerboom!

0.4mpg means it needs er er er 700galls total for a one-shot round britain record at a steady 70 makes 24 hours wuith zero stops.

 

[Col]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

Think you will find fuel burn is on a par with a tuned big block V8 engines cruising, but loads more on W.O.T

 

[oldharry]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

OOOOH! I want one!
- Only two snags: 1) I am around 1/4million short of the 1/4million price tag, and 2) SWMBO says they are too noisy, and wants to know what they are like under sail.....

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

SWMBO says I may have one, subject to a couple of restricitions:
1. I pay for it
2 She gets to drive on demand.

 

[DaCostaGreene]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

I'll pay for the fuel if I can just paint her black, put a batman logo on her, dress up in a batman outfit and have have a really really childish day out.

D2 is my dream, i'm gonna make lots of mula and buy one! nuff quality.

 

[Nautical]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

No probs, just fit some bladder tanks although you would probably need some sort of water ballast system to pump in/out to balance the boat past 70 knts.

You buy the boat I'll organise the record, the support team, media and boat prep. I reckon we could throunce those Bladerunner boys!.

One thing is for sure those Lycomings will run sweet for 24 hrs without batting an eyelid.

 

[DaCostaGreene]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

Can we still have it black with batman logos. I'll can probably arrange a cigarette boat as a chase boat (why you need one is beyond me, but what a cool chase boat to have!), i'll help with media stuff, go on tcm, please, please. It would bring us all closer.

 

[tcm]

ok

right ringem up and I'll go to £250k delievered Hamble. It needs dry berthing tho - where?

 

[DaCostaGreene]

Re: ok

I have a large field, i can get permission to build a shed.

Are you saying ok to the batman thing aswell?

 

[tcm]

Re: ok

come off it, the Batman thing is silly, innit! It's all very serious and sensibly 100-150 mph and max erm 50 knots down so'ton water.

 

[Nautical]

Re: ok

Know a man, out of divelment I'll give them a call, kinda like the idea now. Reckon with all the skill we could muster here we could put on a pretty good show, garraunteed monster exposure, someone could get very cheap national advertising if worked proper.

 

[BrendanS]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

there must be shed loads of space for bladders or even proper custom made tanks, in the bows of the hulls (forward of cockpit, not necessarily right up front), though what the weight would do to performance is another question.

 

[tcm]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

few tons innit? BUT there again the weight of similar diesels must be much greater?

 

[Nautical]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

Agree, from mid section forward the hulls are empty but as you say balance would be an issue. Got all excited now, found another 50' mono version with triple 850hp dry sump mercs even cheaper.

Where's that number for Richard Branson.........???

 

[BrendanS]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

yeah, but take sailing cats. Weight is a huge issue.

The amount of fuel you'd need to go around Britain is huge, and don't suspect these type of boats are designed to take that weight, and they seem balance enough not to flip over at 150mph, so that much weight forward will have a huge effect

 

[Nautical]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

Suppose some slick fuel stops might do it, cant remember off hand but think the bladerunner guys had about six stops.

Average speed needs to be better than 47 knts.

With six stops you could manage about 7500 litres but still would'nt be enough so you'd have to run faster and more stops.

quick calc, if you could stop seven times and run at 70 knts average you could do it (just) with an extra 300 gals on board which is about an extra 960kgs.

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

I remember seeing a load of boats this size racing out of Brixham, late 80's. I think they were mono's though, 3 crew per boat. Also caught them on the M6 in a service station a few days later on those 6 wheel trailers.

We were a few miles away when they opened up outside Brixham, but they did look stunning even from there.

Only ever seen the Honda formula 4 since then.

 

[BrendanS]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

looking around the internet, only see these running on relatively flat water. I wonder what they are like in roughish conditions. Otherwise, maybe the round britain record teams might have imported and used one rather than going for custom builds or big ribs?

 

[Nautical]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

can take a bit of rough but prob no more than 3-4 then things get hairy, weather would be the key to the whole thing. The bladerunner guys did it in theirs to prove a point and to get exposure for the new model. Good concept but those big cats are hellish weighty lumps and probably not the ideal motors for a speed record.

 

[BrendanS]

Re: come on then - what size tank at the moment, what mpg?

can see it happening if a big high over UK and nice flatish waters all the way around, staying out round overfalls and races, where you can keep up really high speeds

Would mean keeping team on standby for months given UK type weather

Great fun though!