Engines for boats

[Bunnlevel Sharker]

I have a friend who's brother is on a king Mack team, they run triple 300s and max out around 82mph while on calm seas

[kmstorm64]

Uncle Sam has let me work on a wide variety of large diesels, and I have to say if I could afford a boat big enough to have diesel, then it would go that way.  Fuel consumption, power output, a deisel has it hands down.  I think every charter boat Ihave beenon has been diesel from Lake Tahao to Kona, That said, they ain't cheap.  I used to own an old 15 foot tri-hull with a 65 hp Evinrude on it.  It was a tank, tough to start, but once it got going it was a joy.  Every motor has pro's and con's.  A lot of people love the Honda 4 strokes for reliability and lack of noise, but not for price.