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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

18-05-2019, 15:19

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Yep, why I carry my Clamptite and heavy duty wire

https://clamptitetools.com/products/industrial-clamptite-tool

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

18-05-2019, 14:48

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Absolutely, dead serious, can't get more reliable than that.

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

18-05-2019, 11:35

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Well for those keeping WSHTF in the back of their mind, minimal electronics is the only way to go.

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

18-05-2019, 02:29

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

I loved my old Listers in outback Oz, some were pre-war maybe WW1 and I bet still reliable AF.

The idea of replacing one of those still rebuildable, with something requiring clean fuel and...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

16-05-2019, 16:55

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Yes and again, was just expressing my own feelings, as a counterexample, to show not everyone needs to (or has the means to) reduce risks much beyond those sailors have faced for millennia.

Not in...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

16-05-2019, 15:23

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

I expressed no disrespect nor disparagement.

And what I did express is all about **choices**, as you say. Not foisting anything on anyone, that's my whole point.

You appear to think that all...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

16-05-2019, 09:26

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

If possible, means if you can afford it. My point is, trying to reduce all the possible risks is not a critical goal for everyone. When it's my time to go so be it.

Same argument can be made for...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

16-05-2019, 08:42

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Not everyone has big boat bucks to spend, nor do all put such a high value on their lives so as to try avoiding risks that much.

Just eating restaurant food, driving at highway speeds, never mind...

Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems

10-05-2019, 06:42

Replies: 220

Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Views: 40,689

Posted By john61ct

Re: Why do people replace diesel engines in a sailboat?

Yes, I doubt many just doing it for the fun of it.

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