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I design and build my own boats because I want them to turn out the way I
WANT,
not the way "most people" want. True, for performance, reliability,
weight, etc.
an outboard would be better. In fact, I have one. Goes real nice, sounds
like:
"WAAAAAAAAAA!!!" But THIS boat I want to go "pooketa-pooketa-pooketa" as I
sit
behind the wood wheel and watch the scenery go by. I happen to like the
smell of
diesel over the smell of 2-stroke oil. I chose flat-bottom because it's
easy and
cheap, not for shallow draft. I still might put some Vee in it, I donno...

:-) How about a Universal diesel. Never owned one but they seem like a
nice simple unit.

http://www.marinedieseldirect.com/un...fications.html

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