Hi Guys Yard is balking at putting in keel coolers. Would like me to add coolers to engines. I ordered engines set up for keel cooling. Yard says piping will take up to much space and the added cost would out way the benifits of keel cooling. engines are 700hp each and two gen sets. All set up for keel cooling. Give me your thoughts on keel cooling is it great or a waste of money???? Regards John Gamble johnegamble@msn.com www.homestead.com/waverunner85

----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHNEGAMBLE" <JOHNEGAMBLE@email.msn.com> > Yard is balking at putting in keel coolers. > Give me your thoughts on keel cooling is it great or a waste of money???? > Hi John, At the risk of being a smart ass, the answer to your question is "yes". I'm no authority on the matter but I've always thought of keel cooling and dry exhaust as being two sides of the same coin. The idea is to eliminate as many holes in the hull as possible and to minimize your dependence on raw water with all its potential problems. That can be accomplished by using both keel cooling and dry exhaust but using only one of the two doesn't work. Since raw water cooling and wet exhaust cooling normally use the same water you've got to eliminate both systems to realize the benefit. Which brings me to the point of your boat. I visited your fine web site last night and came away with the impression that your boat has wet exhaust. As such keel cooling probably won't benefit you nearly as much as it could. On balance I've got to agree with the yard. OTOH: If I misread your web site and you DO have dry exhaust, then you should have keel cooling. Exhaustively yours, Alex