On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:01:29 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

Just thought the Yanmar prices are out of whack. Crazy.

They probably are very profitable, no question about that. They seem
to have a tight lock on the small marine diesel market and no amount
of development in the automotive or trucking industry will change
that.

I also suspect that it's not a very large market compared to other
applications like generators, pumps, tractors, etc. I have a 20 kw
genset on my trawler which contains a marinized Yanmar 35 hp
industrial engine. The whole thing with fresh water cooling,
generator head, automated control systems, digital alarm panel, sound
shield, cost about $12K plus installation.