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Benthic2
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What was the record ?
Wifey B:
Destriero has a length of 68m and thanks to three gas turbines with 60,000 hp a top speed of 60 Knots. The yacht was built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri 1991.
In 1992 she crossed the Atlantic (3,106 nautical miles) in 58 hours at an average speed of 53 knots.
Destriero has a length of 68m and thanks to three gas turbines with 60,000 hp a top speed of 60 Knots. The yacht was built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri 1991.
In 1992 she crossed the Atlantic (3,106 nautical miles) in 58 hours at an average speed of 53 knots.
There's gas stations in the middle of the Atlantic?
That is of course the hard part. Non-stop and unassisted. Richard Branson tried to set this record with a speed boat, refueling mid Atlantic from boats strategically positioned. He was not successful. Destiero holds a measly 750,000 liters according to the specs. A fill up, especially recently, is going to require a high limit credit card....
Benthic2
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There are some pretty cool videos on Youtube of those Pegasus class hydrofoils. I am surprised the idea was not developed further. I would think being perfectly level and unaffected by waves would make shooting at things much easier, and being able to go so fast would make it harder for others to shoot at you, and being above the water makes you almost torpedo proof.
psneeld
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Trouble is...gas turbines burn fuel so fast they like all fast boats on the smaller side have severely limited range. Getting refueled in a combat zone is a bad idea. 12 knots off foils leaves you way behind in a carrier group.
I say their published speed is low...is because once I know I was following one in an 80 knot helicopter and it pulled away from me...another time off Haiti I chased what must have been one again at 80kts and never saw it...only its wake as it pulled away from me. Granted headwinds made me slower than 80kts...but how much I wasn't keeping track... could have been very low to a max of 15 knots.
We have an engineer who spent a summer interning on a Coast Guard Cutter and she confirmed speed was far beyond any numbers you ever hear. Of course, she was sworn to secrecy as to it's true speed. Did speak of a time they caught up with a boat of illegal fishermen who claimed they were running 65 knots.
Westport built some boats for them and we once inquired as to getting one built as a recreational boat.
psneeld
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Which CG vessel?.... if you can find out.
May not be that difficult to guesstimate or find anecdotal info on it's true speed.
Usually the USCG doesn't have very many boats with real speed as helicopters will always be faster....
Had a friend who almost nudged the back of a head of a driver of a go fast with a helo landing gear wheel to let him know he wasn't the fastest guy in town and a DEA pilot friend that buzzed a go fast so low the crew jumped overboard at full speed.
I had a tour of a Canadian Frigate. Multiple engines, Diesel for cruising, Gas Turbine(s) for speed. They publish a top speed, but my friend guiding my tour told me a number far different than the published number. Probably a violation of the Official Secrets Act to mention it.
Benthic2
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Here's a little info about the Flagstaff. It was both a Navy and Coast Guard hydrofoil in the 60's & 70's. According to Wikipedia its speed was "at least 45 knots"
Did the USCG have many hydrofoils ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Flagstaff
Did the USCG have many hydrofoils ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Flagstaff
Portage_Bay
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The Pegasus hydrofoils were a Boeing project. I recall plotting one at 60 kts on Puget Sound undergoing sea trials. Boeing also developed passenger hydrofoils. https://www.boeing.com/history/products/jetfoil-hydrofoil.page
john-o
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Last summer I visited a coast guard station off Woods Hole, and I remarked about the bulkiness of the vessels that carried the Coast Guard strip.
The cigar boats and other sleek vessels that could do donuts around the CG ships that I saw, and my remark, drew the attention of a CG officer that was taking pictures. He said, and I quote, " If these guys can outrun a Hyper Velocity Projectile that we can send down range, they're lucky, very, very lucky.
Enough said....
The cigar boats and other sleek vessels that could do donuts around the CG ships that I saw, and my remark, drew the attention of a CG officer that was taking pictures. He said, and I quote, " If these guys can outrun a Hyper Velocity Projectile that we can send down range, they're lucky, very, very lucky.
Enough said....
I remember when I was a kid and the NC Wildlife Commission first got a plane. We had some extremely fast boats on the lake that would outrun the game wardens. So, remember one of the first that ran many miles up the lake, tied the boat up and they were about to run. Another game warden drove up in a car and held them until the ones chasing them arrived.
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I remember the Boeing hydrofoils testing in Puget Sound off Alki Point. One must have hit a log or something because it came down with a huge splash.
psneeld
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I used to chase and lose drug smugglers....usually too low on fuel to pursue.
As the picture shows, now the fire a couple warning bursts and then shoot the motors dead.
No problem for those tubby USCG Cutters to catch them then (just in case some of the fast ones weren't handy).
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