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Old 02-17-2008, 03:28 PM   #22
Camargue44
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Corfu-greece and Newcastle Upon Tyne
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engine

Well what i mean is this. for example my Camargue 44 has 2 CAT engines of 425bhp each... the problem is that the yacht is heavy approx 16-17 tons fully loaded, and it goes with a cruising speed of 24-25 knots. When we are people inside with the tender and everything it goes slower of course. and the engines work at 2.400 rpm according to CAT at cruising speed. What i mean is that this engines are the lowest limit for this perticular yacht. I cant go faster on rpm because i will press the engines. But with a little bigger engines u can go like 28-30 knots fully loaded without having to press harder the engines. and i cant increase the rpm cause its bad for the engines so i have a speed approx to 23 knots. which is bad for a Yacht... plus the fact the the yacht on that perticular speed has not reached the correct speed to be parallel with the sea but the bow is higher... that means i have to put the flaps down so the bow lowers the angle.... but that ofc means more hull % in the water... lower speed... So please choose bigger engines instead what the company set as standar engines.
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