"Jelle" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:

After a month in Italy and a couple of weeks of it on islands and Cinque
Terre. I noticed that 99% of all the small outboards were 4 strokes. A
lot
of Mercury's and even a Mariner. A few Yamaha and susuki's. One big
boat
had twin E-tecs. I guess that $5 / gallon gas gives an incentive to
conserve.
Sure it does, but if your are showing off your silly ritches with a big
outboard, why skimp on the fuel? Wasn't the point that you show off you
are
able to waste money?
The emission regulations in the EU make it pretty hard to produce a
two-stroke that complies with them. That is the reason you see so many
four-strokes. The two strokes you see are old(er) or have a special fuel
injection(that is environment friendlier too).
--
vriendelijke groeten/kind regards,

Jelle



Then they have changed the emission regs in the last few years. In the 80's
when I had an office in Woking, the guys who came over here were impressed
with the performance of the emission controlled cars. A lot less emission
controls then in your part of the world. And I would expect the older 2
strokes to be grandfathered in. And most of the 4 strokes were on small,
maybe 5 meter fishing boats.