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oceansailor
Registered: Feb 23, 2008
Posts: 5

    Feb 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM
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Hi my name is john, and I currently live in Maryland between Annapolis and B-
more. The reason that Im here is that I've made a career of operating and
maintaining large Diesel Engines since I was very young until I was retired,
and will now concentrate on restoring and operating my own small ship, the
NOKOMIS, a Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker, BuoyTender, with a Fairbanks
-Morse Model 31A- 61/4 X 9 6cyl. Diesel Engine.
I have great respect for these older slo-speed Diesels as I am farmiliar with
their newer high-speed - and even much higher horsepower sucessors, with
less torque and much higher fuel consumption, coupled with a much shorter life span, leave me not impressed.
I have a few manuals and parts books that I will Share with everyone thru-
Old Tachoma Marine, I am looking forward to our sucess.
Best Regards;
john 

janeofall
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Registered: Jan 07, 2008
Posts: 3

    March 11, 2008 at 01:29 PM
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Hi John!  It's good to meet you!

I agree that older diesels are way better than the newer high speeds.  Whenever I go out on a boat powered by their big fancy electronic engine, all I can think is how unpleasant the vibrations are.  Give me a ride on an old heavy-duty boat any day.

I'm looking forward to hearing about the restoration of your NOKOMIS.  I hope there are pictures soon!

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