F-32 WITH DIESELS IN CALIFORNIA...

[aaronbocknek]

i never knew that mercruiser made diesel engines or that yanmar made gensets. this f-32 is for sale in oxnard, ca.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/32-Troja ... 4ea8#v4-40

[prowlersfish]

MV diesel ( Italy )

[gettaway]

This boat has been for sale for quite a long time, If I recall, it was on Yachtworld in the 60,000 range, ....dreaming.

There are a number of F-32's for sale in the west now, but IMO , they are overpriced for the market, thus, they have all been on the market a long time

[aaronbocknek]

MV diesel ( Italy )

?? the engines are made in italy? yipes!!! d'oh!! cumminsmercruiser. sorry paul, i'm a little slow on the uptake these days. should have thought of that before posting. but i still have never seen a yanmar generator. is this an old one or a new one? i'd love to have a 9kw on my boat. i'd have power to spare!!!

[prowlersfish]

MV diesel ( Italy )

?? the engines are made in italy? yipes!!! d'oh!! cumminsmercruiser. sorry paul, i'm a little slow on the uptake these days. should have thought of that before posting. but i still have never seen a yanmar generator. is this an old one or a new one? i'd love to have a 9kw on my boat. i'd have power to spare!!!

Not Cummins . they are pre Cummins . when the failed joint venture was in place they painted the white and put they Cummins sticer on them . the only real cummins engines sold under this deal where the 5.9 and above diesels . Thank goodness Cummins saw the light.

[aaronbocknek]

MV diesel ( Italy )

?? the engines are made in italy? yipes!!! d'oh!! cumminsmercruiser. sorry paul, i'm a little slow on the uptake these days. should have thought of that before posting. but i still have never seen a yanmar generator. is this an old one or a new one? i'd love to have a 9kw on my boat. i'd have power to spare!!!

Not Cummins . they are pre Cummins . ....................

[ready123]

Is it just me or is the top speed (16 Knots) lower than it should be for a diesel conversion?

[jav]

12-16 knots is slow for twin 180hp diesels... it's a terrible operating speed for the F-32 as it's right on the hump.

My F32 with twin 200's cruises at a solid 20 knots and tops out at 24 knots loaded so something doesn't seem quite right about those numbers.

While $60k seems unrealistically optomistic, so does $10k seem unrealistically low for a twin diesel F32... even with merccruisers.

[gettaway]

12-16 knots is slow for twin 180hp diesels... it's a terrible operating speed for the F-32 as it's right on the hump.

My F32 with twin 200's cruises at a solid 20 knots and tops out at 24 knots loaded so something doesn't seem quite right about those numbers.

While $60k seems unrealistically optomistic, so does $10k seem unrealistically low for a twin diesel F32... even with merccruisers.

I would agree, I topped out at 22 knots with the 165's running light and at 1800 I could cruise at 12 knots all day long. they may have stepped down the props out of fear of breaking a shaft or simply have the wrong props, I believe the VM motori / mercruiser diesels are high RPM engines

[aaronbocknek]

do you guys think she is under propped? is that the reason for the lower speed?

[prowlersfish]

Without more info its hard to say