Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Miss Betty's stats

Length:   68'
Beam:     24'
Draft:      5 1/2'
Net Weight:   60 tons
Top speed:   12.5 knots
Cruising speed:   9.5 knots
Engine:    KT Cummins turbo charged I-6 (I have very little idea what that means)
Transmission:   Twin Disk 6:1  (again, I have absolutely no idea what this means)
Propeller:  50/70 (50 inches from tip to tip of blades/ 70 inches of water pushed per revolution.  Ha!
                              I knew that one!)
Fuel Tanks:    1,500 gallons held in 2 tanks
Anchors:   250 lb steel Danforth storm anchor with 1" chain and 3" rope
                  47 lb aluminium Fortress working anchor with 5/8" chain and 1" rope
Davit:   1500 lb load capacity
Bilge pumps:   three 4,000 gph (gallons per hour) bilge pumps
                         two watch the heck out Emergency bilge pumps
                         High water alarm
Fresh water holding tank:   300 gallons
Waste water holding tank:  100 gallons
Gensets:    20 kw AC Delco
                  12.5 kw Northern Lights

Lifeboat, life raft, life rings, survival suits, and countless life jackets
Wakeboard, kneeboard, and a 3 person tube
2 dogs, 1 cat, and the occasional stowaway fiddler crab

Electronics & gadgets:
GPS/chart plotters     x 3
Depth sounder/fish finder
VHF marine radio     x 2
CB radio
24 mile radar
Hailer/intercom
VHF signal locator
EPIRB (emergency locator beacon)
Hairdryer       x 2

         

Pretty engine... or, at least, Big engine.  The engine room
has full head room, which is extremely rare, and very welcome!

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