Petrol or Diesel in a small cruiser?

Cruiing has to be simple, a diesel fired engine yes - petrol no. If you want to go out for a quick flash around and back to go fine in a petrol boat but go real cruising only diesel works. Petrol is only up for virtual cruising, get out there.
 
Mine was only saved by the new auto fire extinguisher fitted days before and the quick thinking of the engineer working on the engine (not the fuel system though) to slam the engine hatch shut.

Deleted User - /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
redred, there are alternatives, having now "virtually" cruised from a North Wales marina for 250 hours during the last two seasons in a 28ft single engined petrol boat regularly completing trips of over 160Nm, never broken down and never run out of juice?
 
James,

The most cruising I ever did was in Petrol Boats. Hamble-Poole-Alderney-St PP-Cherbourg-Cowes-Hamble in a Petrol Cuddy. Then the next Year St Cypyrean-Empuriabrava-Barcdelona-Cuitadella-Cala'n'Bosch-Mahon, in a Petrol cuddy.

I always carried Jerry cans but loved the ease that a petrol will do 3500RPM for hours at a time.

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
I've never really understood the "can't cruise in a petrol boat" line. It's worked for me for years, and been all sorts of places in one. Lets face it, Solent to Cherbourg is less distance than round the Isle of Wight. Some parts of UK it won't work well, but on south coast you can get to Salcombe in under 4 hours on a tank from Solent in a fast cruising powerboat etc etc
 
Did the most of the West Coast of Scotland and East Coast England (among a lot of other places) in a petrol boat. Just needed a bit of organisation.

Do they count as off the beaten track ?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top