Swagman
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There is a lot of crap written about petrol engines having a tendency to sponataneous combustion, actually any large insurance company will tell you that there are more fires on diesel boats. and they burn just as well as petrol! The reason is simple, when you have petrol you take refuelling and maintenance more seriously as you know that petrol is more inflammable. I see boats every day with diesel in the bilges and leaks on the engine but folks don't give it a second thought, but diesel will burn very readily once its heated sufficiently.
A trip to any large marina in Florida will reveal that most boats up to about 35 ft have huge petrol V 8's in them, usually two sometimes three, and in a society that loves to sue, you wouldn't be able to give petrol engines away if they were so risky.
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Sorry my friend - but had you been with us when anchored 100 metres away from a petrol powered 45 foot motoryacht that exploded immediately after re-fuelling at our club pumps on a still day - you may have changed your mind about how safe you think petrol is.
There is a lot of crap written about petrol engines having a tendency to sponataneous combustion, actually any large insurance company will tell you that there are more fires on diesel boats. and they burn just as well as petrol! The reason is simple, when you have petrol you take refuelling and maintenance more seriously as you know that petrol is more inflammable. I see boats every day with diesel in the bilges and leaks on the engine but folks don't give it a second thought, but diesel will burn very readily once its heated sufficiently.
A trip to any large marina in Florida will reveal that most boats up to about 35 ft have huge petrol V 8's in them, usually two sometimes three, and in a society that loves to sue, you wouldn't be able to give petrol engines away if they were so risky.
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Sorry my friend - but had you been with us when anchored 100 metres away from a petrol powered 45 foot motoryacht that exploded immediately after re-fuelling at our club pumps on a still day - you may have changed your mind about how safe you think petrol is.
