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With the prices of diesel fuel as they now are, I would prolly not opt for diesel at present. The gassers have more oomph these days and the diesels are much heavier and costly. When I bought my first tank of diesel for our sailing yacht "Imagine" it was $.19 a gallon, low test gas was $.25. in 1971. The prices have soared since, now if we were going to accumulate 300,000 or more miles, the diesel might be practical. At present, since 2004, we have done 98,000 miles on our rig, to Alaska, many of the States and National Parks and lots of time on the beaches of Assateague Island, Maryland. The higher cost of diesel power has not been justified, IMHO!

In the past, as a professional yacht captain, I would not have considered a gas powered vessel as safe or worthwile. If I went to a marina and they docked me next to a gasoline powered vessel, I would ask to be moved or would leave. Gasoline is very explosive and creates carbon monoxide, diesel does neither. These factors are negligible in TC's.