On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:34:48 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter"
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:34:13 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:53:09 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter" wrote:

Hi,

Thought I'd contribute to the on-topic stuff here...

Last night, put down a cheque for $4500CDN as deposit on a Shiny New
Universal M25XPB and matching Campbell Sailor 14x10 prop (dealer suggested
14x9, but others varied from 14x10 to 14x12 to 15x11 - I'm guessing he doesn't
want me to load down the new engine).

Very nice - I love diesels - have one in my pickup in fact.

Do you use the bio fuels (diesel mixed with used fry oil)?


I was thinking about using the old engine for some tests before using an
unknown fuel on a $10K engine. But, the dealer agreed to take it in trade...

Donno about biodiesel. Looks good on paper, but...A guy on Bowen Island
wanted to sell some to the local gas station. The gas station said "OK -
guarantee 1000 gals/day" (which is about how much gas he sold). That's a LOT of
McDonalds fat-fry oil!

Reality is, in order to make enough to satisfy our craving for crushed
dinosaur, you'd have to have square miles of corn to make the corn oil (and have
you noticed how expensive vegetable oil is compared to gas or diesel?)

Yeah - well, that's what I thought, but there is a marina down in the
Stonington area of CT that had it over the summer testing it.

I understand that you have to have special filters for it - not sure
why - and you still have to add diesel. There is also an interesting
"by-product" in that the exhaust smells lilke peanuts - at least that
is what it smelled like to me.

My wife is seriously bugging me to sell the Contender and buy a more
"family" oriented boat for grandkids and the like - IF I do, it will
be diesel that's for sure.

Notice the BIG if. :)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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