hi, im not trying to steer you away from uniflites since they are great boats ( I own two ) and if it was primarely a liveaboard it would be fine but if you plan on " cruising " I would stay with a trawler with a single diesel... I would not even consider a planing or semi planing hull. a displacement hull with a big slow turning prop. I know many like the safety of having two engines, but in all reality engines simply don't " break " ...unless they are planning hulls and high speed engines or poorly maintained.. my 78ft loa sailboat weighing in at 85,000 lbs with a single ford lehman 120 and a 3.1 gear box and 28" prop got me 1.4 gph at 1400 rpm at 7 knots... 3 times thru panama and 5 atlantic crossings... so im not just throwing a figure out there..! of course if you have deep pockets and don't mind the cost of fuel then it doesn't matter.. any way you go, the most important is to stay within hull speed for best fuel economy.
Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: JohnMadison<mailto:[email protected]> To: UnifliteWorld<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 5:33 PM Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Uniflite 42' vs Trawler Hello, everyone... I have been looking at trawlers for some months and this afternoon changed my search engine to include Motor Yachts. I came across a 1975 Uniflite 42 and it looks really nice. BUT...can anyone give me an idea of how these perform (I will be cruising and living aboard full time), any particular problems for which they are known and what the full consumption at cruising speed is? Or, if known, perhaps someone could direct me to a source. I've done some "googling" but haven't come up with a review yet. Thanks... John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
