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Thanks David - this is really good information, I am happy to run slow on the long passages and realising fuel is cheaper in pretty much every other country than the UK is great. In the UK 5gph equates to about £30 which is fine for local passages and runs across to France understanding on a...

Three responses: 1. Valuable point, I have a survey from 4 years ago which is good, clearly 4 years in salt water is a long time I have lifted every hatch possible and my untrained eye see's no issues with the original epoxy coating on the inside, the engine runs up fine a little smoke on...

Great information thank you, this vessel is around 28tons

I am not sure it has been calculated correctly!!! I have struggled to find the information, this came from a post on another forum from a guy with the same engines and similar sized boat. He was saying 5gph @ 1600/1800rpm 10knts. Any advise or experience you have with this would certainly be...

Impertinent but important... I have around £120,000 to spend right now which I hope will get me on the water and then over the next 5 years I will invest more and bring it to a standard ready for the Blue Water. Unfortunately in the UK we don't have a great choice of second hand boats, I have...

Thank you for the quick replies, it seems the consensus is to retain the current engines and run at displacement speed approx 7 knts for a 50ft vessel - thank you. Any thoughts on the Semi Displacement Hull for long passages, is it an acceptable compromise considering it is a heavy steel hull...

Hi, I have been lurking on this forum for many months gleaning a great deal of valuable information, things are now becoming real so thought it time to register and ask for help from the collective knowledge for my specific situation. Like most I am on a budget and a further challenge is I am...