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Old 12-28-2014, 10:06 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by sunchaser View Post
Eric, you are absolutely correct on the Sabre. I do not know deadrise at stern on MJM so maybe it is a planing hull vs SD too. Regardless, planing hulls are the choice of many yachtsman and successful builders with few limitations for coastal activities.

FF, there are many SD hulls cruising the Bahamas and doing serious blue water work. Fleming, Outer Reef, OA and GB are but a few with common rail diesels permitting range only dreamed of a decade ago.
Is is true that common rail diesels just clean up the emissions, but are no more economical than the old fashioned injector pump versions?

I say this because a Diesel engine sucks as much air as it wants: there's no butterfly on the air inlet so electronic injection ain't going to make any difference to fuel consumption that I can think of...
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