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Old 08-11-2013, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mo View Post
It is beyond me why someone hasn't designed and built a fuel injected inboard gas engine for a sailboat.
It's because there's no market. The diesel snobs won the public relations war decades ago. Universal realized it in the early 80's.

"You insert the key, give it a turn and . . . BOOM!" They actually believe that tripe and have paid handsomely because of a false belief. Hallelujah brother!!

All of which is our good fortune. Our aged used boats are usually around $5K cheaper than their smelly sisters, they are cheaper to maintain, they are quieter and our engines are more powerful pound for pound. And don't forget the best benefit of all. If Universal continued manufacturing A-4's would there be an MMI?

I solved the range issue. My boat came with a 12 gallon tank. It still has the twelve but I added a 25 gallon tank for 37 gallons total. That's 200 - 250 NM one way totally under power if necessary. Looking at it another way, I could run the engine an hour a day for battery recharging for 49 days. It's 25 days +/- from here to Hawaii.
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