"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Good one. I wonder at times why there are not more small diesel
placed
in
small fishing boats. When traveling in Europe, lots of small diesel
cars.
1.5L size engines. These should make good fishing boat engines. I
know
Mercruiser uses a Cummings 1.7L in some of their packages. e.g. 28'
Procat.
Bill

I suspect we will see more diesel applications in the near future. I
don't
care
what the guys with the "for the price of a diesel egine I can afford to
burn up
a lot of gasoline" argument say, I think the current economics of
feeding
100
gph or more into twin 454's (at $2.50 -$3.00 a gallon) is going to
inspire
some
people who thought they had reached a gas vs. diesel conclusion to
reconsider.

I am not talking about the highpower / big dollar diesels. Lots of
small
econocars in Europe are diesel. Most of the small 1-2 person commercial
fishing boats, about 22' long are diesel.
Bill



It's too bad Yanmar stopped the marketing of outboard diesels in this
country.

Way to expensive for most boats. Fiat makes the Brava. Very nice car, 1.2L
diesel and sells for £12-16,000. Less than a yanmar diesel O/B. Renault
has a 4 cyl 1.4L for their cars.
Bill