[Public-list] 11 HP Diesel Question

[Gordon Laco]

Hi there - 

Seriously, I would tend to agree that there are points in favour of
diesels...and your sidebar story is a good reason not to sail with
strangers. 

Gord







> Gord,
> 
> I thought initiating controversy was my unique talent, but I would be happy
> to share.  I tend to be a victim of basing my decisions on underlying
> concepts.  It's a little bit lazy, actually.  If  an underlying concept is
> in place, the detail decisions tend to be easier to make.  For example, a
> building design concept that focuses on the well being of front line staff
> would suggest the worker bees, not the managers, get to sit near the windows
> (works real well until the manager asks where his/her corner office is).
> 
> My concept relative to boat safety is why take unnecessary risks.  If it's
> not necessary to have explosive material on board, then don't.  Of course,
> thanks to Towney, I stumbled upon an A30 that happened to have a diesel.
> Who knows how much "concept compromise" I would have applied had I found a
> better deal on a boat with a gas engine.
> 
> Roger 148
> 
> 
> PS Sidebar Story
> 
> I got a chance to do a milk run a few years ago from the Canary Islands to
> Barbados on a 41' ketch.  We had a little Honda gas generator that we would
> take out of the lazarette every afternoon and run until the tank emptied.
> This allowed us to keep the refrigerator cold for about three hours a day
> which temporarily subdued the aroma emanating from the big hunk of Roquefort
> cheese stored therein.  It worked well until the thing started to stall
> before running out of gas and we put it back in the lazarette with fuel in
> the tank.  I told the skipper of my concern and he stuck his head in the
> quarter berth and proclaimed, "I don't smell any more gas then usual."   I
> wasn't quite sure how to reply, but I am pretty sure that was the day I quit
> smoking.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] 11 HP Diesel Question
> 
> 
>> Mmmm why do I so love starting a fight?
>> 
>> Here goes...
>> 
>> A colleague of mine at Georgian College's School of Marine Tech has a
> little
>> monologue that starts off..."the greatest marketing hoax practiced on
>> sailors in the '80's is the one that taught them that they need
> diesels..."
>> 
>> Ok; let me have it.
>> 
>> Gord #426
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> An Atomic 4 is perfectly safe if it is maintained properly. How many
> A30s
>>> have exploded?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mike Lehman
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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