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On 1/4/12 3:22 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:19:37 -0800, "Califbill"
wrote:

Lots of twins less than 10' wide. My buddy has a duel diesel jetboat that
is less than 10' w. 25' long.

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Lots of diesels suitable for that kind of boat are straight 4s or 6s,
much easier to cram in side by side than big block V-8s.

The boat that was the subject of this discussion was a 17 to 18 footer,
with twin V8 gasoline engines of uncertain displacement. My knowledge of
boats is far from unlimited, but I have a hard time imagining a boat of
that length having sufficient beam or structural integrity to handle two
V8 engines connected to shafts and props. I've seen jetboats of around
that size, maybe a bit longer, with a single V8.

It just seems to me that a 17-18' boat with twin V8 engines could only
be named "Daddy's Lil Tort."

As I mentioned, my father for a short time sold a line of fast
speedboats around 24' long and equipped with two V8 engines. But those
boats were a hell of a lot larger than the 17 to 18 footer under
discussion.

Structural integrity wouldn't be a problem. There's also a chance that
the engines could be offset in the fore and aft direction, but not much
on a 17 footer.