F-32 w/Twin Diesels - this can't be right......

[RWS]

At this price?

You have to be kidding me...........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/32-Troja ... v4exp=true

RWS

[prowlersfish]

Been on the market for a while . On the surface sounds like a steal . But heres why its its been on the market for a while . First all the brand new or rebuilt stuff was brand new in 2008 so its 5 years old . The engines are mercruser 3.6L 180 hp(?) diesels .(made by VM in Italy) They don't have a great rep. and parts are $$$$ and not that readily available.

Also the boat is slow .

"Cruising speed is 12-14 kt, top speed is 16 kt, range 500 miles. 6-7 gallons per hour "
that has to be 6-7 gph per engine ?? that seems high but 6-7 gph total seems too low . I will run some numbers and see . if the top speed is 16 kts the cruising at 14kts is running these small diesels very hard .

With that said it could be a nice cheap to run cruising boat if you in no hurry . Run it at hull speed and it will sip fuel and the engine will run and run .

[RWS]

Now THAT makes sense.

Bad repower choice.

RWS

[prowlersfish]

Also as I said the boat is slow Too slow for the power it has it should run in the high 20 knot range . At at 14-16 knot range that boat will burn 11 gal per hour not 6-7 . using boatdiesels cal. as you know they are pretty close to what you get in the real world

None of the numbers make sense they are just to far off .