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

[david at dlrfilms.com]

Time for you to read Bolger, Beuhler and Parker

> 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
>
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