fuel economy

[dlb511]

I realize the diesel has real advantages, but initial cost is pretty high and right now the cost of diesel is hard to believe. I am going to have to find a boat that has an older power plant. An affordable hull with an existing diesel will be hard to find. Four bangers are just out of my price range. 5 mpg with a 140 or 150 sounds pretty good to me,compared to some numbers I have seen. I'm not after a lot of speed. In Puget Sound and probably most of the West coast, going over 40 mph is dangerous because of all of the drift in the waters. At 40 you just can't see a mostly submerged log in time to avoid it.