[C38] Maybe I just as crazy as some people tell me...

[Charles Finn]

The engine in the Mighty Quinn is never touched by sea water.  It has 
its own cooling system with anti-freeze just like the one in my car.  
The "radiator" is the heat exchanger, which completely isolates my 
engine from seawater.  
So, why am I so willing to pay a whole lot more for a "marineized" 
engine?  I live in the northeast and we heavily salt the roads out 
here.  My car's engine, alternator, etc. always have a salt grime on 
them in the winter months.  I would be surprised if my boat's engine was 
exposed to even a fraction of what my non-marinized engine gets. 
So, why would I pay thousands more to purchase marinized parts for an 
engine that is never going to get the exposure the one in my car does?  
I live in the country and you can purchase a brand new diesel tractor 
with more horsepower than our boats have for about what a new marinized 
engine costs.

Maybe this is just the ruminations of a sailor with his boat "on the 
hard," wishing for blue skies and great sailing... 
Charles Finn
Mighty Quinn  #114
Great Lakes