Jim wrote, "And get your mind around it. In less than 10 years there will be no more mechanically timed diesels. The trawler with the indestructible single will be a right up there with the 1950 Ford." I am sure he meant in ten years you will not be able to buy a NEW trawler w/o electronic engine controls. HOWEVER, there are still going to be a lot of us with older, non-electronic engines. And, if the small outboard engine market (where 2-cycle engines and hard to come by and expensive when you do) is any measure of the future, older and simpler diesels will be hot items. Rich Gano CALYPSO (GB42-295) Homeport Southport, FL I'd rather be cruisin'