[rescue] Re Boats

James Rice jrice54 at charter.net
Wed Jun 25 07:18:44 CDT 2003


I agree, but that is the way it is the way it is currently set up:

I want him to convert to this: www.yanmar.com/marine/products.html  There is a 55ft cruiser that was converted to Yanmar turbodiesel and they are so quiet you have to open the engine bay hatch to hear them.  It wasn't cheap.  The owner told me he had to spend $35k on the conversion.


>This boat so cries out for dual turbodiesels. The V8 gas crowd mostly like
>to hear their exhaust, otherwise there is no benefit to running gas at these
>horsepowers (all-out speedboats are the exception, they need the fast
>throttle response and light weight).

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