Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!mikel From: mikel@orca.UUCP (Mike Lancaster) Newsgroups: net.rec.boat Subject: rabbit diesel as a marine engine Message-ID: <1056@orca.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 17:08:17 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1056 Posted: Tue Sep 18 17:08:17 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 08:25:34 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 22 I am building a 34' sailboat. It has been suggested that I use a rabbit diesel engine. The idea is to use a reduction gear. Further, the suggestion was made to use some copper tubing laid along the keel to cool the engine. The cooling system would be a closed-loop set-up, using fresh-water only. It appears to be a great idea on the surface. No ex- pensive saltwater conversion equipment would be required. The engin is relatively light in weight for the power it produces. There are, however, a couple of questions. What kind of a reduc- tion gear is required? What kind of propellor is desirable? How many feet of what diameter copper tubing is needed to do the job? That already is more than a couple. WE could probably come up with a few more. Do any of you readers have solutions to suggest, or can you suggest ways to answer these questions? Please reply by mail, or if you think of things we believe are of general interest, we get a lively discussion going. Thank you ahead of time. Hopefully yours, Mike Lancaster