Well Diesels are the new Kool Aid....

raybo3

And 6 mph.......lol............ Handy you must  be proud of me for slightly sticking up for diesels......LMFAO

Handymans342

25 mph. You blow Ray

raybo3

  

lionelz

@randy56 that's a good article, as I said  it what's suits you best.  I am very happy with my diesel, however what I would say is that in the UK diesel at the marina is much cheaper (in some cases 40%) those numbers on initial costs close much quicker.

randy56

@lionelz, here is another good article on diesel fuel, I don't know the quality of your fuel in the UK. here is link, hope it helps.

http://www.boats.com/how-to/marine-diesel-fuel-what-you-need-to-know/

LaRea

Don't forget weight.  A pair of Merc 496s will produce the same power as a pair of Volvo D6s, but the Mercs weigh 768 pounds less.  

Handymans342

Not so with the Yanmars LaRea

LaRea

You are right.  Yans would only add 420 lbs, not 768.  My boat carries 420 lbs just in the Admiral's decorative pillows. 

randy56

Who invented the diesel? engine, find attached artical.
http://www.nndb.com/people/906/000082660/

randy56

First diesel powered ship?
http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/cen2.html

randy56

The Selandia. 

Handymans342

And no black smoke

Black_Diamond

Diesels are nice engines. I saw several, including Mercury showing diesel outboards at the Workboat Show in New Orleans last week. 

The only bugger with a diesel is repairs and that upfront cost.  Blow an injector, injector cup, or turbo and $$$$. A whole engine can set you back $20k in a pickup truck. I can personally vouch for injector cups. lol

Handymans342

Injectors are no big cost

randy56

Who invented the pod drive?

The modern azimuth thruster using the Z-drive transmission was invented in 1950 by Joseph Becker, the founder of Schottel in Germany, and marketed as the Ruderpropeller. Becker was awarded the 2004 Elmer A. Sperry Award for the invention.[2] This kind of propulsion was first patented in 1955 by Pleuger.[3]

Black_Diamond

$250+ for my truck. Plus the pita to replace. lol

Handymans342

@randy56 you are the historian brofessor

Handymans342

250? That's petty cash

randy56

Who invented the Duoprop?

http://www.volvopenta.com/VOLVOPENTA/SINGAPORE/EN-SG/MARINE_LEISURE_ENGINES/DRIVES/DPR_DUOPROP/Pages/the_benefits_of_duoprop.aspx

randy56

Who invented the outboard motor?

http://www.leeroysramblings.com/history_of_evinrude.html

randy56

Who made the first fiberglass boat?

Heart of Glass

Though others built plastic boats before World War II, Ray Greene is believed to have built the first fiberglass-polyester boat, in 1942. He put himself through college by building wood Snipes, earned two engineering degrees at Ohio State University, produced the 16′ (4.9m) Rebel daysailer in 1948 (among thousands of other fiberglass boats), built the fiberglass body for the Kaiser Dragon automobile in 1953, and was sent by the United States Navy’s Bureau of Ships to teach the Vietnamese how to build fiberglass swimmer-support boats. His Ray Greene & Company plants suffered major fire damage in 1950 and 1965, and he retired from boatbuilding in 1975.

Handymans342

You hijacked my thread bro

randy56

Ok send me a bill. But the next time your at the tiki bar, you will be better educated of the history of boats.  all the gals at the tiki bar will be all over ya, with all this knowledge.  Here is another fun fact for ya. 

The oldest recovered boat in the world is the Pesse canoe, a dugout made from the hollowed tree trunk of a Pinus sylvestris and constructed somewhere between 8200 and 7600 BC. This canoe is exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands. Other very old dugout boats have also been recovered.

Now see! this is the kinda of information you just cannot live without.

Handymans342

Anyone can google that.s**t RLMAO

randy56

Ah yes mate, that's correct however  no one did. Shortly we will have a pop quiz to see if we learned anything. 

Yanmar is now making a 50 HP diesel outboard motor.
Marking its return to the diesel outboard market, engineering company Yanmar Marine International (YMI) has agreed exclusive distribution rights with German outboard manufacturer Neander Shark. YMI, whose headquarters are in the Netherlands, is to distribute Neander Shark outboards worldwide through its extensive network with access to more than 130 countries.

Handymans342

Yanmar, #1 Diesel

luvinlife

Ok I will jump in I guess. You guys are funny. Nobody here mentioned the noise factor. I think you will find that diesels are quite a bit louder than gas engines. The Yanmars are probably the quietest diesels but those Cummins and Penninsulars are quite loud. 

randy56

 Agreed some are very loud , Here ya go skipper, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Ym2aaE5M8

Handymans342

luvinlife said:

Ok I will jump in I guess. You guys are funny. Nobody here mentioned the noise factor. I think you will find that diesels are quite a bit louder than gas engines. The Yanmars are probably the quietest diesels but those Cummins and Penninsulars are quite loud. 

Well Randy will attest that he didn't even know I had diesels in my boat

randy56

Captain Handy or Handy Captain,?  Yes,  I will say I was very impressed how quite your boat was, probably quieter than my single 300 mpi,  and at your age............... its a good thing. 
Thought for today

The two best days in a boaters life is the day he buys his Rinker, and the next day!