Twins ! Power than Pretty.
2-12V71's
Bad Ass looken boat in yer avatar!!
Twins ! Power than Pretty.
2-12V71's
If anyone is looking for a good search tool, try the link at the bottom of each of my posts. It's worth bookmarking if you'd find you use it a lot like I do.
Art, No good pics from fore to aft. It's too big for cellphone photos. I'd need a telephoto lens. hide
Suffice to say that I can pretty easily crawl around each of my engines to reach all sides. By crawling over the tranny case, I can complete the circle around each engine. Mind you, there are Perkins inline 4s not Cat V8s. Where I lack ER space is above the engines. They're a tight fit vertically.
At 81 I will take any Screw I can get.No bad questions... and the pot can stand stirring from time to time, anyway.
Ref the search function: yep, you got that right. The other forum has a drop-down option already for a Google Custom Search, but this one doesn't. FWIW, and as PSN said... it's usually more responsive, especially on more complex questions, to just use Google, use whatever search argument, and then specify site:trawlerforum.com.
For maintenance purposes, I'd have a single in a heartbeat, and these days, yep, bow and stern thrusters both would be nifty. But we've got twins... because we had to find the boat that suits, first.... and that's the way the boat comes. No huge downside, except for the additional periodic maintenance/service costs... assuming nothing catastrophic happens.
-Chris
With regard to safety because of twins redundancy, please note that the F-16 and most other military combat aircraft, virtually every civilian aircraft, and your personal automobile have single engines. Maintenance with twins in vessels less than 60 feet is greatly compromised. The strongest argument for twins is low speed maneuverability, and bow and stern thrusters negate that argument.
Apparently I hold members of this forum in higher regard than you with regard to maintenance of their vessels.
There are many reasons to consider twins over singles besides just the drivel often beat to death.
Something as simple as bypassing a high cost area when repairs are necessary to get to a better, or lower cost facility can be huge.
There are many more. Manueverabiity and some of the more common reasons are small potatoes in the big scheme of things.
But every captain, boat and situation is different making the debate.....endless .....unless applied with specifics.
Good one! "Something as simple as bypassing a high cost area when repairs are necessary to get to a better, or lower cost facility can be huge."
First time I heard or even thought of that one. Guess it takes a very experienced boat-tow expert to have that one in thought pattern...
Got plenty more.....and it's as much from my own experiences ( read pocketbook) as towing or USCG missions.
Single screw: more efficient, 1/2 problems, 1/2 maintenance expense.
Twins: Many things can take out both engines on a twin anyway. Harmonic noise. Can require tanks to be off of cg best location, Space lost, extra weight.
Maintenance with twins in vessels less than 60 feet is greatly compromised. .
Depending on your hull configuration, a grounding very easily could disable both drivetrains where a protected single with full skeg may come away unscathed. I know this has been covered in other threads, but you did ask.Brooks
I take it you don't like twins? I was interested in " many things can take out both engines" - what are these things? Please don't say bad fuel, which has a whole host of preventative measures if put into use.
Depending on your hull configuration, a grounding very easily could disable both drivetrains where a protected single with full skeg may come away unscathed. I know this has been covered in other threads, but you did ask.
Ted
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Came back into the slip single engine. Since I share the fairway with the USCG, I called ahead to ensure they didn't have any active ops that would interfere with my handicapped maneuverability. Made it in no problem.....swish!
Score one more for twins!
Is there any truth that some insurance companies will not insurance a single if it going from the U.S. to the Bahamas?
Depending on the engine, rebuild it. I'd rather have one rebuilt verses 2 that you consider unreliable.Unless I hit the lottery my future boat will be 20+ years old. I think all will agree that a engine will become less dependable and more likely to break as it ages especially when it hits the 20+ age. Hence would I not be better off with twins on a older boat especially when you find yourself in those dangerous scenarios previously stated.