Hello All, we have just rescued a beautiful boat (Reinell 18') from a
sheep field, and despite 12 years lying in said field it is still
(surprisingly) in remarkably good condition.
After several skiing seasons with the other boat (Fletcher 14' with
115HP outboard) we have decided that if possible, an inboard diesel
(in the Reinell) with z drive or jet is the answer to the escalating
fuel cost here on the north-west of Scotland.
Whilst the fiberglasing and engineering are not a problem – the choice
of motor is.

How big a diesel do you need to give good performance (40 MPH) with an
adequate pull for two skiers (and one fat bloke on a wake board)
Does anybody have a similar size of boat with diesel power?
Which auto diesels (if any) can be maranised?
What would be a suitable drive (z or jet?)
If you can give any info it will be great
Thanks
James

would the extra cost of a diesel engine negate the savings on fuel?

piping-hot ) writes:
Hello All, we have just rescued a beautiful boat (Reinell 18') from a
sheep field, and despite 12 years lying in said field it is still
(surprisingly) in remarkably good condition.
After several skiing seasons with the other boat (Fletcher 14' with
115HP outboard) we have decided that if possible, an inboard diesel
(in the Reinell) with z drive or jet is the answer to the escalating
fuel cost here on the north-west of Scotland.
Whilst the fiberglasing and engineering are not a problem – the choice
of motor is.

How big a diesel do you need to give good performance (40 MPH) with an
adequate pull for two skiers (and one fat bloke on a wake board)
Does anybody have a similar size of boat with diesel power?
Which auto diesels (if any) can be maranised?
What would be a suitable drive (z or jet?)
If you can give any info it will be great
Thanks
James


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How big a diesel do you need to give good performance (40 MPH) with an
adequate pull for two skiers (and one fat bloke on a wake board)


Are you barefooting? 40MPH is beyond any sane waterskiing speed, unless
you're racing. How much horsepower you'll need will to attain that speed be
a function of the weight of the end product. My flat-bottom Supreme 19-6
flat-bottom ski boat requires 260 HP to make 40MPH with a very efficient
4-blade power prop (not designed for top speed, but best out of the hole) on
a direct drive.

Are you starting with a bare hull which used to be an outboard (intact,
strong transom)? If you're going with a jet, you'll be cutting through the
bottom and the transom? A direct drive will be cutting through the transom
and bottom (exhaust and cooling intake in addition to the rudder). I'm not
familiar with a z drive, so I can't comment on that application. Is there
tankage already there, or would you have to build that in? Any way you
slice it, however, it sounds like a lot of work.

You comment that the FG and engineering are no problem, so I'll assume the
above questions are more rhetorical than a request for info.. If you're all
riight with taking an automotive or truck powerplant and putting it in the
boat, it should do all right if you can make the prop/jet impeller for
whatever drive unit match up to the horsepower curve, and have some
effective means to deal with the exhaust.

Of course, a water-cooled exhaust is the easiest to deal with, and that's
where it starts getting pricy...

Aside from having a hull, I'm wondering why all the work to get to the end
result?

L8R

Skip

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Hello All, we have just rescued a beautiful boat (Reinell 18') from a
sheep field, and despite 12 years lying in said field it is still
(surprisingly) in remarkably good condition.
After several skiing seasons with the other boat (Fletcher 14' with
115HP outboard) we have decided that if possible, an inboard diesel
(in the Reinell) with z drive or jet is the answer to the escalating
fuel cost here on the north-west of Scotland.
Whilst the fiberglasing and engineering are not a problem - the choice
of motor is.

Does anybody have a similar size of boat with diesel power?
Which auto diesels (if any) can be maranised?
What would be a suitable drive (z or jet?)
If you can give any info it will be great
Thanks
James

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If you leave that POS where you found it, won't have to haul it to the dump
later.

Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message ink.net...
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If you leave that POS where you found it, won't have to haul it to the dump
later.

Lew

Ho Ho that's funny, thanks for the advice (apart from the latter)