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Old 12-08-2012, 11:17 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by manyboats View Post
Mark wrote;
"Engine failures occur at least twice as often with twins compared to single engines. Highly-exposed shafts and propellers also increase the odds of failure." Yes but when one fails you usually have one left. One engine pushing the boat smartly along. Actually I think more than twice as often but the odds of getting home on one's own power are still FAR better.
I don't disagree. But then, at least half the time twins come limping home on one engine, the single-engined boat didn't experience an engine failure.
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