On May 22, 1:00 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 22 May 2007 09:23:33 -0700, basskisser wrote:





On May 21, 1:32 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 21 May 2007 10:22:58 -0700, wrote:

On May 21, 9:34 am, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Mon, 21 May 2007 12:40:25 -0000, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 21 May 2007 10:52:57 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

They are rolling along now on their counter clockwise Great Loop.

Follow along.

http://dnkcruising.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the link. I was reading that he had an engine problem a
couple of days before they set off. I hate that. If he's anything like
me, he'll now have that little seed of doubt in the back of his mind,
just festering. Man, I hate that.

He's a handy guy. Hopefully, it's fixed and the rest will be smooth
sailing.

When Doug bought that tub, many folks questioned the wisdom of a
single engine. Doug's blustery over-confident reply was that with only
one engine, he'd lavish it with twice as much maintenance. Looks like
that was just more wind.

CWM

Sounds like a short version of a longer decision, possibly deflective,
certainly tounge in cheek, and probably out of context.

Nope. I reported what transpired. I wasn't even one of the many who
questioned his choice of a single screw.

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Just reporting what transpired, huh?

Yup!

Then how do you come to the
conclusion that Doug hasn't been meticulous in his maintenance nor
that he didn't lavish twice as much attention on his single engine?

Because he had a fuel system problem that could have been avoided
easily.

Sounds like possibly a case of severe jealously on your part.

Yeah, I'm really jealous of a toad that claimed to be the king of
sailors, and then bought a trawler. A single screw TRAWLER.

Basskisser

Basslicker? How did you escape my bozo bin? I'll just consider the
source and ignore it. Buh bye!

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And your once again childish and petty name calling diminishes your
credibility. Nice going!

On May 22, 6:16 pm, Charlie Morgan wrote:
On 22 May 2007 17:09:30 -0700, Chuck Gould wrote:

On May 22, 9:56 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:48:41 GMT, Charlie Morgan
wrote:

Fuel problems occur far more often than tearing off a strut.
Not even close

I agree with that, and cooling system issues are a close second.

A load of bad fuel will typically disable all engines, regardless of
the number of engines aboard.

Yes, and you can avoid it with proper maintenance and diligence. What's your
point?

CWM

My point is that bad fuel isn't a single vs. twins issue.

On 23 May 2007 08:41:02 -0700, Chuck Gould
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My point is that bad fuel isn't a single vs. twins issue.

Many, like my GB49 - but certainly not all, boats with twin engines
also have twin fuel tanks giving a nice measure of extra redundancy.
Twice I have lost one of my engines due to botched on-the-fly filter
changes. It's very reassuring to hear the second engine still purring
along when that happens. Being an old sail boat guy I am somewhat
obsessed with gaining every possible measure of redundancy. I would
definitely want some sort of backup propulsion in a single engine
boat.

There are just too many things that can go wrong. Even single engine
aircraft which are built and maintained to extremely high standards
occasionally experience an engine failure. Single engine commercial
boats and long range trawlers such as the Nordhavns will typically use
parallel filtration, keel coolers and dry stack exhausts to eliminate
frequent problem areas. Even then, the Nordhavns are often equipped
with a small "get home" engine.