Just wondering
So you're out on your boat in 5 foot seas. Why would you want to shut off your engine?
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
His question was directed at me I assume. I made the comment below on a closed thread.
"Just bought a $260 Marine Starter for my Boat, could have gotten a Communist Chinese Made for $100. Out on the water in 5' seas, what starter would you want to depend on???"
Things do happen as in running out of fuel and having to change from one tank to the other. YES I have done that. Not much fun as I was thrown from one side of the boat to the other. :B
Marine starters cost more because they are sealed to prevent a spark for the brushes for igniting gas fumes. As far as 5' seas, I know that would not have been comfortable with our 33' twin diesel yacht or in any of the smaller boats we have owned(15' 21' and 27'). That is when a "sea anchor" is used to keep the bow into the wind. A sea anchor is like a small parachute you deploy in the water and as the boat gets push by the wind and waves it drags in the water to hold you bow that direction.
