Single. I prefer the fuel economy & lower maintenance, plus there's a lot more room down in the
engine room.

Joe wrote:
Thats ok unless you lose one engine.

Doesn't worry me.... since I can spend all my engine maintenance on one engine instead of two, I have
at least twice the reliability. Plus, the usual causes of engine failure are either fuel or battery
related, so having two engines would not help.

IMHO the idea of a "get-home" engine is simply marketing to insecurity & ignorance. It is only extra
weight, extra drag, extra expense, extra gear crammed into the machinery space... and extra
maintenance made more difficult by poor access.



And of-course twins manuver 400 times better.

Nah, only about 350X
There are a few boats I have looked over that had enough room for a sensible two-engine lay out, but
the added expense & maintenance is still a downer for me.


Not me I like to crowd the really expensive yachts and watch the
yachtmasters
blow there tops. If its a stbd side to docking, I have no fear. I like
to do the Capt Ron style landing, my brit boat had a stbd side helm
which makes it easy for me to single hand land her and tie her up if
needed . BTW Capt Rons Boat is a local boat here.

I've only been handling this power boat for about a year, so I don't really have the experience to
play around the same way I would in a sailboat. A couple weeks back, I docked a friends 40+ sailboat
singlehanded in a bit of cross wind, it seemed like old times.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King