[PCW] Fountaine Pajot Cumberland 44

[gram rupert]

Tx. Very useful.
gram.

On 5 Jan 2008, at 18:30, ian.fisher at qedas.com wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:40:48 +0000
> From: gram rupert <gramario at tin.it>
> Subject: Re: [PCW] Fountaine Pajot Cumberland 44 & Cat A rating
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> Interesting Ian. What kind of fuel consumption do you get with the D6
> 310's, and how noisy, smelly, are they?
> tx.
> gram.
>
> Gram,
>
> We get from memory I think around 50-60 litres/hr (total consumpt.) at
> say 15 knots depending on bottom condition. We have the Volvo NMEA  
> 2000
> interface linked up to the Raymarine plotters and this is what this  
> says.
> Incidentally the NMEA link is great as you get then full engine
> monitoring up on flybridge. Max range at this speed then with 1600  
> litres
> of fuel something like 450 miles.
>
> In terms of noise they are fine - in fact up on flybridge sometimes  
> not
> sure if they are running as there is very little vibration or  
> noise. This
> took me some time to get used to after my previous Princess 40'  
> cruiser
> when I could listen to engine revs when mooring up. No smells really
> unless you are downwind of exhaust. Incidentally one thing that really
> annoyed me with the Princess (Volvo KAD44's) with exhausts on the  
> side of
> the hull was the extensive black film that built up around both rear
> quaters of the hull. With the Cumberlands transom outlets don't  
> have any
> black film at all. Guess the D6's run cleaner than KAD44's though that
> probably helps as well.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ian
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