On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:11:49 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:07:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

PS: Aren't your diesels two stroke?

Oh yes. You've got to love that sound. :-)

We once got chewed out by a guy in a small sail boat for making too
much noise. They guy had a lot of nerve actually since he was a
former tug boat captain. I explained to him the the sound of a big
pair of DD 2 strokes was "music to my ears".

Ain't nothing like the sound of a two stroke diesel. Music doesn't do
it justice - heavenly chorus is more appropriate. :)

FWIW, I'm seeing more ETECs this year.

Given a choice and the correct information, buyers will move to ETEC
every time.

It's only folks who buy packaged boats from small manufacturers and
get the giant kickbacks to provide Yamaha's "exclusively" who don't
move to ETEC.

Not that I'm mentioning anybody here of course. :)