Jim Herbert
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- Mar 22, 2020
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I am a great lakes sailor who is just moving downeast close to Wilmington North Carolina. My commercially registered diesel sailboat is too far away, draws too much water and goes too slow for my new location.
I am changing to a motorboat but I am not thrilled about the cost of fuel or the reliability of a single engine. I can't afford Twin Diesel engines. The Towboats I worked on as a kid had 2 or 3 diesel locomotive engines.
I am located in an area that has strong currents and turbulent bar crossings. So what would the members of the forum recommend for this area:
Single diesel (cheap to run, shuts down with dirty or foamy fuel)
Twin gas inboards (expensive to run, may not run well at low RPM, Plenty of power if you need it, Redundancy)
Thanks,
Capt Jim
I am changing to a motorboat but I am not thrilled about the cost of fuel or the reliability of a single engine. I can't afford Twin Diesel engines. The Towboats I worked on as a kid had 2 or 3 diesel locomotive engines.
I am located in an area that has strong currents and turbulent bar crossings. So what would the members of the forum recommend for this area:
Single diesel (cheap to run, shuts down with dirty or foamy fuel)
Twin gas inboards (expensive to run, may not run well at low RPM, Plenty of power if you need it, Redundancy)
Thanks,
Capt Jim