"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Friend of ours had an Atomic 4 in a Triton yawl. Even had a Monel fuel
tank. However, the engine kepy giving all kinds of problems, mostly
leaking gasoline, even though he swapped out his original engine for a
newer used one from another boat. (That owner planned the Pardee thing --
cruising without an engine.) Eventually my friend bought a Yanmar at a
boat show for a show-special $5,000 and installed it himself over a
winter. Gave away the Atomic 4. That boat has been to the Canaries and
back and is still going strong.

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Gogarty,, I have had excellent luck with my AT4. This is the third one
I've owned.
But::: As anyone who has ever sailed onboard a boat with an AT4 can
attest, things
can go wrong. Mostly, electric. The AT4 being a gas engine, has spark
plugs,
dist cap, ... etc. That stuff does not like moisture. The other big issue
which is new to
us gas engine owners, is the gasoline.. ethanol .. situation. This spring I
pumped out
my tank, the eth made the gas dirty, or at least helped it become dirty.
What a pain.
I had to pump out the gas, change the fuel pump, on and on...

Another reason for looking at a Yanmar, is the simplicity of operation and
the fact that there
are so many of them out there. The boatyard where I store? Almost every
sailboat there
has a Yanmar diesel.

So... I will start the lets see what's out there period.

I did find a place out at the Great Lakes,, the guy rebuilds diesels for
sailboats.
He has a bunch of Universals diesels.

Who knows... I haven't really finished this season yet.

Thanks for the input.