"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:55:48 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

The
33' especially demonstrated to me that a pair of outboards can offer
more than a pair of diesels.
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The advantage of the diesels is not speed, it is range, fuel economy
and longevity.


There's a pretty good article in one the major magazines (or perhaps it
was Powerboat Reports?) that compared the diesel Glacier bay against a
Suzuki-powered Glacier Bay. They made the point that they're not
convinced that the diesels will have a distinct longevity advantage over
the outboards. I'm pretty sure that overall, they preferred the outboards
in the shootout...but I'll have to go back in the archives and check.


In my opinion, it really depends on how, why and where you do your boating.
Long range cruising is ideal for diesels whereas a weekend blast in the bay
is a lot of fun with big outboards. In any case, very few ocean boaters
that I know run anywhere near their boat's top speed unless the ocean lays
down flat calm which is rare.

30+ kts in a thirty something foot boat in 4-5 footers is not my idea of fun
regardless of the make of the boat.

Eisboch