Boat builder accused of smuggling

[Ben Mazur]

Details here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=429827&in_page_id=1770

[Dragon]

What's amazing is that with 8 250hp engines in ONLY does 70mph ... you would think it would go a lot faster :D

[Rupert Munro]

I think that was 70 with cargo - it was doing 50 with 6 tonnes of shingle on board!

btw did i have a post taken down? Or am i just imagining i wrote on this thread before?

[Ben Mazur]

What's amazing is that with 8 250hp engines in ONLY does 70mph ... you would think it would go a lot faster :D

Must be an unbelievable amount of drag from all those lower units.

Saw a mathematical forumula somewhere that compares drag with increased horsepower. At some point the drag from an additional engine negates the increase in power. At least that's what I think I read.

[Dragon]

I'm sure you're right! There must be a point at which adding more engines simply used more fuel! 900 litres per hour makes our boat seem like an eco friendly hybrid :cool:

[littlenige]

Yeh but 900 litres per hour when your payload is potentially worth a million or two is peanuts!