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Aside from being expensive, my main concern with the diesel outboards
was their weight. I researched them last year and found that the
lightest model weighed several hundred pounds. Things may be
different today, using lighter alloys, but at the time it was the
deciding factor for us.
Louis
s/v Synergy
Westsail 32 #679
--- In , "flyfisher10002002"
<rek1 at h dot dot dot > wrote:
> Has anyone had experience with the diesel outboard motors? Yanmar
> makes one as well as a couple of less well known companies. After
> failing to find an affordable Prout we are looking at a couple of
gas
> outboard powered catamarans. We worry about the explosion factor of
a
> lot of gas aboard. Are we correct in thinking that diesel would
> provide less chance of explosion?
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