T&T: Trawler or Motor Yacht?

[Jim Ague]

> The option isn't always nautical, mostly its financial. You want to spend
> $1000 a day to push a 50 foot yacht at 16 knots or you want to spend $200 
> at
> 8 knots or you want to spend $25. Its mostly a matter of choice as to how

I think trawlers do better than $200/day. We're closer to the lower end:

7.5nm/hr, 2.5 gal/hr, 3 nm/gal, $3/gal yields $1/nm.

If we go 50 miles in one day, we spend $50 on fuel.

-- Jim
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-- Jim & Rita Ague
M/V Derreen, Monk 36
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