Alas, woe is me, I am crushed (insert suitable cries and lamentations) to discover that my boat and it's drive train are totally unsuitable to our intended use of sailing in water deeper than say 10', or (horrors of horrors) perhaps even occasionally out of sight of land!
I didn't realize that
whether or not they are still produced is THE litmus test for whether a specific engine was a good engine or not. Here I was thinking we had bought a boat of good design, and with a good engine
. I guess I'll have to bow to superior knowledge on engines and especially since our engine was last manufactured in 1994
I mean, it's been DECADES since my engine was last produced . . . so according to the obviously vast experience and knowledge out there, it is obviously only good for . . . what was it you said? Ah, yes, a boat anchor, I believe you said.
Here I am now, a sadly wiser and better educated mariner due to your sage advice.
Looking forward to your next piece of wisdom that I can scribe into stone.
By the way, our 50' Beebe Passagemaker is powered with a Gardner 8LXB, coupled to a Hundested CPP through a reducing gear.
Did anyone notice that I used sentences, punctuation, and even the occasional (wait for it) PARAGRAPH in my above post?