While surfing the Trawler world Archives I found
references to Single vs Twin Diesel Engines. I am
hoping you can shed light on the other side of the
coin... Single vs twin Gas. I plan to purchase a
midrange sedan cruiser with twin gas engines (Ugh!)
The reason for that is because the model I like
doesn't come with anything else. It's twin gas or look
for some other type boat. I eventually realized that
my objection to the twin gas boats was more of an
objection to TWIN gas not just gas. Or to put it
another way. A single gas engine at 270 hp pushing a
45' 26,000 lb vessel would offer quite acceptable
performance (from a trawler perspective). I would be
content to cruise at 12-14Kts with one gas engine
enjoying the benefits of ease of fueling, low
operating cost, low noise and greater fuel efficiency
of just one engine. Here's the kicker...When I talk to
brokers about this they just say WHAT! You would want
to run a twin gas boat on just one engine? Are you
crazy? Maybe I am supposed to want to drive a boat at
30Kts. Maybe I am supposed to want to burn 20+ gallons
of gas per hour. Am I crazy for wanting a fuel
efficient low-moderate speed single gas cruiser?
Please advise if you can.
-Dan
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While surfing the Trawler world Archives I found
references to Single vs Twin Diesel Engines. I am
hoping you can shed light on the other side of the
coin... Single vs twin Gas. I plan to purchase a
midrange sedan cruiser with twin gas engines (Ugh!)
The reason for that is because the model I like
doesn't come with anything else. It's twin gas or look
for some other type boat. I eventually realized that
my objection to the twin gas boats was more of an
objection to TWIN gas not just gas. Or to put it
another way. A single gas engine at 270 hp pushing a
45' 26,000 lb vessel would offer quite acceptable
performance (from a trawler perspective). I would be
content to cruise at 12-14Kts with one gas engine
enjoying the benefits of ease of fueling, low
operating cost, low noise and greater fuel efficiency
of just one engine. Here's the kicker...When I talk to
brokers about this they just say WHAT! You would want
to run a twin gas boat on just one engine? Are you
crazy? Maybe I am supposed to want to drive a boat at
30Kts. Maybe I am supposed to want to burn 20+ gallons
of gas per hour. Am I crazy for wanting a fuel
efficient low-moderate speed single gas cruiser?
Please advise if you can.
-Dan
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