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Have you ever bought parts for a Volvo??
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I've heard the horror stories!-) Truth is in over ten years of living aboard and cruising the Atlantic and The Mediterranean all I needed was the usual spare impellers, a consumable anyway.
Props are another story: I carry an inventory to select for range versus maneuverability - the SnowGoose had a sterndrive as well - but they were not terribly expensive.
As to diesel, there is a weight consideration in a planing craft, and while us blown boaters prefer the safety of diesel inboards, like the idea of keeping the SeaCraft original as possible.
On safety, do all of you with inboards make a practice of waiting while your bilge blowers run a while before turning the key?
When my sister got her first cabin cruiser, gas not diesel, silly girl, I gave her a key ring timer for the ignition keys, instructing she and her crew to wait, after starting the blowers, till the 5 minute timer had rung before starting engines.
HBH