... I think I may not have fully understood you're goal/ budget till now, but that is the great part about the internet, lol.
The Syndicate of which I am a member, wants to get into Endurance & Marathon Racing in Europe, and they want to enter
large, with a handful of World Records in events that make ordinary people say (both):
- Is they NUTS?
- Yep, they got a pair. Big ones. Brass ones. Big Brass Ones.
In truth, there are only two events where some Coast Guard does not have the duty to retrieve people afflicted with 'bad luck,' but if you build the boat for those two events, you have build the perfect boat for the rest of them, too: stronger, tougher, seasoned, proved. A bulletproof engine is not a disadvantage running from Dover to Calais, but part of it is psychology, too, of course: when folks see
Teal entered, then their mind shifts to 'OK, I guess we're running for 2nd place.'
The difference in build cost between the two models is a rounding error.[/QUOTE]
Let me ask you one question; with the surface piercing propellor system; do you know what the actual output is once on plane?
yeah, there are torque sensors around, and when we will be dialing the boat it, building the performance matrix, we'll use them and full engine-reporting electronics, but the boat will run on pyrometers, boost gauges and idiot lights.
Because we keep discussing "800 hp engine" or "1000 hp engine", but what will it really take?
If it takes 700 HP to get on plane, but only 500 HP to drive at speed, maybe you don't need as much as you thought?
Maybe you only need an engine that can put out peak 1000 HP for 30 seconds, and sustain 600 HP constant? That would be a really different build compared to an engine build for 1000 HP 100% duty.
Are you Eric Staab's alter-ego and question-feeder?? Good question, with the answer being 'depending' (of course.) And there are two legit answers.
- In an A-B race, of modest length, regardless of sea condition, you want every drop of horsepower the wheels can handle ... but like racing any-where, any-thing else, sometimes there is a 'sweet spot' where more turns gain you nothing, and may, in fact slow you down. 700hp-ish is a good number.
- In a long distance run, once you find the pace you want, 'there' is there: 4-500hp, maybe less. There is where the 2+ gallons/mile comes into play. If the seas are reasonable, it is boring duty.
And then, depending on the transmission you go with, that changes everything again, lol.
yep, another set of compromises that have to be finessed.
