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Originally Posted by Pearsonistic
Noboby thinks an outboard is a useful backup? Inboards are reliable enough, or outboards are ugly and/or unreliable?
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I don't know about "unreliable." I suppose they're about as reliable as any other engine if they're properly maintained. But I don't know how useful one would be on the back of a P30:
Notice how her transom is
well out of the water and is raked forward a bit? Mounting an outboat back there that will actually be effective is going to take a bit of engineering. Plus, like I wrote earlier: You're going to destroy her lines in the rear. Your boat. I wouldn't even consider it. I don't even like the swim ladder back there--but it came on the boat and it
is handy for getting in and out in the water.
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Originally Posted by Pearsonistic
Has anyone recently replaced a gas with a diesel?
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I'm curious: Why would you want to do that? Personally, if I bought a more recently-manufacturered boat with a diesel engine, I'd be wondering about the costs to re-power with gasoline.
Jim