My Easter Presant
 

The wife of a friend of mine bought him a 80 foot boat a year ago Christmas, it had just undergone a $3 million dollar refurbish, we went out on it for the New Port Boat Parade. We were looking at the two 1000 hp Cat engines and one of my buddies said we should get together and buy something like this. I said we couldn't pay the taxes or the docking fees, let alone the boat.
Anyway, this morning he called and said he was taking the boat to Sitka for the summer and wanted to know if I wanted to come up and fish for a week. I said, with no hesitation at all, well yeah. He told me the dates and said get back to him when I talked to my wife. I called back an hour later with my ticket from OC/Santa Ana to Sitka. I worked in SE for a summer, the only towns I saw were Petersburg and Juneau, never got to Sitka. This will be great and I hope there is some catching. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1459126095.jpg
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Sounds like a great trip... That is one clean power plant!

Have a great trip!

Come back and tell us the stories. We won't believe a word of 'em.

What a fun opportunity .
Now that is an engine room I woudnt mind working in.

Really looking forward to the stories.

You lucky dog!

Cheers Richard

any boat pics?

i dont know jack squat about boats...80 footer sounds huge.

and sitka..the one in Alaska? awesome.

Make sure you dust off the camera and treat us to some great pic's.

Are the current Marine diesels subject to the same emissions equipment issues as the over the road and off-highway units?

what the fuel range on one of those? how much fuel are you carrying?

I need better friends...

Hell yea, that sounds like alot of fun. A guys trip, on a big boat, fishing, beer, beautiful Alaskan scenery ? I would agree to go in a heartbeat, and figure out what to tell my wife later.

I don't have a clue about that, for all I know they could run under VW diesel rules.

and Vash, it holds at least 1000 gallons but I don't know it's burn rate.

nice. enjoy. take some pics for us.

On something that size, with 2 turbo diesels running at cruising speed (maybe 12 knots) burn rate is measured in gallons per hour, because miles per gallon doesn't apply (less than 1 MPG).

On further thought Dean. If you get a chance to check with your friend about his crew for the trip up. I'd be happy to talk with him about filling any gaps in crew he may have for for that trip.

I bring 25 + years small boat charter skipper, 50k + miles offshore cruising experience, one season working in Alaskan waters.
Yada, yada, pretty strong boating background.

And am very interested in spending more time up that way.

Cheers Richard

I'll bet it's quite a bit more than 1,000 gallons on that size boat.

What an awesome opportunity for you!

I did some work on NETTO last year when it was docked in SD.

115' sport fishing yacht. Carries 5,996 gal of marine diesel.

Fill'er up at $2.25/gal, $13,491.00

Cruises at 14 knots.

Cooper