sorry, I seemed to have missed your answer hoary. would you mind going over
again just which of those longliners had diesel engines with spark plugs. We
would like to hear more about them.

ah, finally!! we now have a poster among us who has actual, on-the-water
experience with a longliner with a diesel engine with spark plugs.

wanna tell us about that engine, hoary?

so, base kisser, just *which* diesel engines (as used on longliner
fishing
boats) have spark plugs did you say?


Got much time aboard longline fishing boats, JaxAss?


Unlike you, JaxAss, I've actually been aboard two longline fishing
boats, neither of which were anywhere near the size of the Andrea Gail.
One had a small diesel engine, the other a gasoline engine. One had a
fiberglass hull, the other, a wood hull. I've also had the privilege of
"guest" time aboard a number of other commercial vessels, including a
number of oil platform service boats and ships in the Gulf of Mexico, a
couple of shrimpers out of the St. Marys River in the southeast, and one
of the Moran-named Moran tugs way back in the 1960s.

I suspect your boating experience is limited to sitting in your clapped
out little daysailer while decked out in your Speedo, attacting flies
and guys.