[ADXA] Bouvet

[Charles McKenzie]

      I guess we are all excited the Bouvet event is getting closer, the M/V Argus is in Cape Town undoubtedly fueling, taking fresh stores, getting the helicopter and crew aboard as well as the dxpedition crew and equipment onboard and stowed!  
      One of the major expenses of this dxpedition is the charter of the M/V Argus , this vessel is owned by IceTugs out of Greenland , one of the larger expenses of operating this vesssl is fuel, they spent 15 days from shipyard in I think Spain to Cape Town, this is a 3500 hp vessel, in the marine world you figure 1 gallon of diesel fuel per hp day, meaning the boat burns approx 3500 gallons of fuel per day or 52,000 gallons of fuel to reach Cape Town, since the boat is undoubtedly burning bunker fuel reduce those numbers by 10%. And #6 will cost 30% less then mdo. So fuel only costs to get to Cape Town is about 90k . 
       I’ve lost about 99% of y’all’s interest now so I will get off my soap box. 
       Waiting to catch um on the air!
     73
KF5TL 
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