James Douglas of Friday Harbor, WA, asks:
At what speed could the 40 achieve 4000 nm or so? (i.e. going from the Panama Canal to Tahiti)
Jim Leishman responds:
I'm
sorry to say - that I don't think you could make a 4,000 mile
run in the NORDHAVN 40. Most people will make the run from
Mexico. Running from Cabo San Lucas to the Marqueses is about
2,559 miles. If you could stop in the Galapagos (I think it's
no problem to stop there for fuel) you could run Panama to
Galapagos at 881 miles then on to the Marquesses which would
be another 2,850 miles. 2,850 would be a push - you'd have
to run real slow and be very careful about your fuel. I'd
probably suggest about a 200 gallon bladder which we've done
before on our 46. The bladder can safely sit in front of the
wheelhouse inside of the Portuguese bridge and then gravity
feed when necessary - aft to the fuel fills on the port and
starboard side (you'd just drain it into one tank and then
transfer it internally). You probably could do it without
the bladder but it would be cutting it too close if the weather
didn't cooperate.