[ADXA] Bouvet

[Charles Korzendorfer]

Charles,
  I don’t find this type of information boring at all.  It gives us some
insight on the “nuts & bolts” of the expedition.  Especially on the
financial side.
  Sounds like you have a background in the merchant marine service???
Chuck KM5G


On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 7:13 AM Charles McKenzie <kf5tl at outlook.com> wrote:

>       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
> Sent from my iPhone
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