With seatrials complete plus another 1000mi under her belt, performance figures are as follows.  At wot, half load, a 10knt headwind, 2600rpm yielded 24knts boatspeed.  At 20knts, she burns app 20gph.  At 1390rpm boatspeed is 10.5 - 11knts with a burn rate of 5gph.  Burn at 9knts is app 3gph. She's powered by 2 x 300hp Cummins QSB5.9 rated medium continuos with 2.47:1 reduction gears and 26"d x 32"p 5 blades props. For a couple lousy pics, go to http://powercathero.blogspot.com/ Bill

Hi Bill, I saw Hero in Key West a couple of weeks ago. I called on the VHF but no answer . Congrats on launching ! All the best on your cruises! Brian Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:26 AM, bill <wcz4399@yahoo.com> wrote: > With seatrials complete plus another 1000mi under her belt, performance figures are as follows. At wot, half load, a 10knt headwind, 2600rpm yielded 24knts boatspeed. At 20knts, she burns app 20gph. At 1390rpm boatspeed is 10.5 - 11knts with a burn rate of 5gph. Burn at 9knts is app 3gph. > > She's powered by 2 x 300hp Cummins QSB5.9 rated medium continuos with 2.47:1 reduction gears and 26"d x 32"p 5 blades props. > > For a couple lousy pics, go to http://powercathero.blogspot.com/ > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Power-Catamaran Mailing List