|
11-21-2008, 08:22 AM
|
#1
|
Veteran Member
City: Blaine
Vessel Name: White Star
Vessel Model: Canoe Cove
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 79
|
Nordic tug fuel economy
Can anybody with a 42' tell me what their fuel usage is at 8 - 9 knots????
Dave
|
|
|
11-21-2009, 02:05 PM
|
#2
|
Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 508
|
Nordic tug fuel economy
This is only exactly a year late.
Mine has the 330 Cummins and burns about*4 gph at 8.75 kts (1800 rpm). A little more if the gen set is running. I just got back from a trip where I burned 174 gallons in 41 engine hours. About a third of the time the 12.5 NL*gen set was running because it was in the 90's here in SW Florida and one of the nice things about a pilot house is that you can turn on the A/C if you are hot.
Doc
-- Edited by Doc on Saturday 21st of November 2009 04:06:26 PM
-- Edited by Doc on Saturday 21st of November 2009 04:07:02 PM
|
|
|
12-19-2010, 04:33 PM
|
#3
|
Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
Doc,Are you the only Nordic owner in TF? I'm looking at an old 32. May go down and see it in January. Hope I like it and that the decks aren't soft.
|
|
|
12-19-2010, 07:25 PM
|
#4
|
TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
Do the decks have a history of softness????
|
|
|
12-19-2010, 08:27 PM
|
#5
|
Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
John,Only talking to the broker so don't know much yet. Want to do the boat show gig and look at boats then. Since your'e a pilot perhaps you could make the meet eh?
|
|
|
12-20-2010, 12:12 PM
|
#6
|
Scraping Paint
City: -
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 13,745
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
Quote:
nomadwilly wrote:Hope I like it and that the decks aren't soft.
|
I've not heard that NTs have any problem with this.* They don't have teak deck planking so don't have ten zillion screws down into the deck.* So the only way I could imagine their having a deck core problem is if there is a localized leak where railing stanchions or other harware are screwed down.* And I don't even know if NTs have a cored deck.* They may have a solid fiberglass deck for all I know.* Be easy enough to find out--- just e-mail or call the factory here in Washington.
*
|
|
|
12-20-2010, 04:49 PM
|
#7
|
Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
Yes. Thank you Marin. I think they have bulsa cored decks*** ...I'll call tomorrow. Maybe the Monk has cored decks too.
|
|
|
12-20-2010, 07:41 PM
|
#8
|
TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
I am pretty sure most boats have cored decks. It adds stiffness and strength....just like any composite structure.
|
|
|
12-23-2010, 07:04 PM
|
#9
|
Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 508
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
My decks are not soft. Many NT's do have a problem with gelcoat cracking in the cockpit. Mine has a few cracks there and what is bewildering is that there is a bulkhead directly underneath in the lazarette. Someone said that the skin was too thin there. Nowhere, however, are my decks spongy nor are there leaks underneath.
|
|
|
12-24-2010, 07:17 AM
|
#10
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 8
|
Nordic tug fuel economy
Quote:
Baker wrote:
I am pretty sure most boats have cored decks. It adds stiffness and strength....just like any composite structure.
|
Most boats will have balsa cored decks for supeior*insulation qualities.* Most cored hulls are foam cored because foam is less expensive than balsa.
My boat has a solid fiberglass hull (as much as 2" thick at the bow)*and*cored topsides - balsa on horizontal surfaces, foam on vertical surfaces.
-- Edited by alohaboat on Friday 24th of December 2010 09:18:03 AM
|
|
|
12-24-2010, 10:34 AM
|
#11
|
Scraping Paint
City: -
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 13,745
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
Quote:
Doc wrote:
NT's do have a problem with gelcoat cracking in the cockpit. Mine has a few cracks there and what is bewildering is that there is a bulkhead directly underneath in the lazarette
|
The hairline cracks that can develop in gelcoat are stress cracks and they don't have to be related to structural support or stiffness at all.* The "tension" in the contour of the fiberglass can sometimes be enough to cause the gelcoat to crack over time.
*
|
|
|
12-24-2010, 04:30 PM
|
#12
|
TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
|
RE: Nordic tug fuel economy
It's called crazing...
|
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
Changes at Nordic Tug
|
Baker |
Tug Designs |
99 |
08-22-2022 08:36 PM |
Nordic Tug 42
|
Doc |
Classifieds Archive - Closed To New Posts |
9 |
07-27-2011 08:11 PM |
|
» Trawler Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:29 PM.