"Every trip to sea" could mean a month for some fishermen. Regardless of how
many hours are put on the engine during each trip, I'd think it would be
foolish not to do major preventative maintenance. Ever been 200 miles from
land?

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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The claim has been made by a poster on this ng who calls himself "steve"
that
diesel engines as used on commercial fishing boats are often torn down for
a
major overhaul after every trip to sea, about 700+ engine time.

Anyone here have experience with diesel engines in commercial fishing
boats?
do those guys really trust their lives to engines that won't go even a
thousand
hours? Anybody know why they do this?

Or is "steve" out to lunch?