diesel cats arent that slow
04-19-2007, 12:29 PM
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diesel cats arent that slow
having recently acquired an interest in our Aussie offshore racing
I thought this may be of interest to you too
the 2006 class 1 season was won by a 2600hp diesel cat designed by Michael Peters Yacht Design of Sarasota, Florida
aopc.com.au/teams.htm [my first post..cant post urls yet. paste in address bar]
race report
maritimo-offshore.com.au/show_News.cfm?NewsID=752
Designer Michael Peters
Builder Tencara
Hull Type Catamaran
Material Carbon Fibre Composite
Length 13.5 Mtrs
Beam 3.5 Meters
Depth 1.450M
Weight 5,500Kgs
Fuel Diesel
Fuel Consumption 200 ltr per motor - per hour
Fuel 1 tank 1000 ltr
Horsepower 1300 per engine / 996 KW
Engine Type 2 x Diesel
Engine Cylinders V8 2 stroke supercharged & Twin Turbo
Engine Capacity 11.02 Ltres
Drives Maritimo Surface Drives
Rudder Hydraulic single blade
Propellers Hearing - 4 or 5 blades
Rolla – 4 – 5 blades
Navigation 2 GPS
Top Speed Approx 165mph / 240 Km
Instruments Motec Dash (loggers)
I thought this may be of interest to you too
the 2006 class 1 season was won by a 2600hp diesel cat designed by Michael Peters Yacht Design of Sarasota, Florida
aopc.com.au/teams.htm [my first post..cant post urls yet. paste in address bar]
race report
maritimo-offshore.com.au/show_News.cfm?NewsID=752
Designer Michael Peters
Builder Tencara
Hull Type Catamaran
Material Carbon Fibre Composite
Length 13.5 Mtrs
Beam 3.5 Meters
Depth 1.450M
Weight 5,500Kgs
Fuel Diesel
Fuel Consumption 200 ltr per motor - per hour
Fuel 1 tank 1000 ltr
Horsepower 1300 per engine / 996 KW
Engine Type 2 x Diesel
Engine Cylinders V8 2 stroke supercharged & Twin Turbo
Engine Capacity 11.02 Ltres
Drives Maritimo Surface Drives
Rudder Hydraulic single blade
Propellers Hearing - 4 or 5 blades
Rolla – 4 – 5 blades
Navigation 2 GPS
Top Speed Approx 165mph / 240 Km
Instruments Motec Dash (loggers)
Last edited by jack412; 04-19-2007 at 01:18 PM.
04-19-2007, 12:45 PM
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That's great, love them diesels. I take it they were Sea-Teks, correct me if Im wrong. 
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