[PCW] PDQ Performance

[Philippe Guillemin]

Good morning
Our Highland 35 does as well .Please check the stats on our web site
:www.willmarusa.com
We have been cruising with Highland 35 ( client's baot) from Florida to
the Carribeans and back a few times and I have been very impress by the
sea kindness of the boat ( I am biased as I am the US importer but I
spend a lot of time on the boats)
We are cruising at slow speed of 8 to 10 and the boat can top 17 and a
half knots with twin Volvo 75HP



 Best regards
 Philippe J Guillemin
 WILLMAR USA



Willmar USA Inc.
850 NE 3rd Street
Suite 207
Dania Beach
FL 33004 USA

Tel: 954 713 01 13
Cell: 954 609 9345
Fax: 954 252 4304





-----Original Message-----
From: hclews at aol.com [mailto:hclews at aol.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:41 PM
To: power-catamaran at lists.samurai.com
Subject: [PCW] PDQ Performance

Hello powercat aficionados,

Being an engineer, and prompted by a recent discussion on the PDQ Forum,
I decided to compile two years of Sno' Dog cruising data and put it into
tabular
and graphical form.   The data is now posted on our website at:
www.snodoglog.com/Performance.html

It shows mileage ranging from 3.8 n mi/gal (4.4 stat mi/gal) at 7 knots
down
to 2.4 n mi/gal (2.8 stat mi/gal) at 14.5 knots (16.7 mph).   Many other
boats
can achieve similar mileage at the lower speeds, but there's no other
34-footer (that I know of) that can touch our high end numbers. (Even
the little Camano 31' burns 9 gal/hr at 15 kts for a mileage well below
2).

I also posted some comments about running on one engine to save fuel.
It
appears that, if you go slow enough, it might actually be possible -
even on a
boat like ours without featherable props.   But you'd have to cruise
below 6.5
kts. In exchange, you might get something over 5 miles per gallon.

Happy - and economical - summer cruising, Henry www.snodoglog.com



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