I own my first diesel-powered sailboat after many years of dealing with the headaches and expenses of outboards on smaller sailboats.
Safety issues aside, I do have to say I am in awe of diesels. My Yanmar 2GM20F is, hands down, the most reliable and easy-to-maintain engine I have ever encountered on land or water. I hired a guy to spend two hours showing me how to maintain the engine. I’ve been able to do almost everything myself since then. I’ve had one breakdown in five years, at first thought to be the fuel pump, but later found to be a poorly installed vent line on the fuel tank. Contrast that with those @#$%%^ outboards, with impossible-to-reach impellers, tiny cooling channels that always clog, cranky carburetors, spark plugs that foul regularly, etc., and there is no comparison. Never had an A4, but I’ve always been impressed by the comments of their defenders. However, I’m skeptical that they come close to the reliability and performance of diesels. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: jtsails via CnC-List Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 7:50 PM To: Jimmy Kelly ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List gas exposions marine engines I'm with you, I once saw a car crash and kill all four passengers- I sold my car and walk everywhere I go now..... James S/V Delaney 1976 C&C 38 Oriental, NC Sorry for the smart ass reply, but this thread has put me in the mood!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Kelly via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 3:59 PM Subject: Stus-List gas exposions marine engines one nearby boat gas fuel explosion....you realize the real danger....early in my sailing ownerships...had experience leaking gas fuel dripping on water jacked muffler ..noticed when engine shutdown to begin distance race,,fuel smell,,it didnt take long for a crew of 11 to get pails..riggers buckets ,etc,and drown whole engine and hot muffler...auto pumps activated &water &fuel pumped overboard..left gas spill on water which SAR was happy to clean up...reason for event discovered later fuel tank float rubbed bottom of tank until wore hole in tank bottom...crew really had it together...one half did engine drowning..other half..hung over bow to encourage fwd pumps to engage ...REALLY LUCKY..FUME DETECTER ALSO DEFECTIVE........had manya4s after that with quality fail safe fume detecters...now a hign torque diesel user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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