Hatteras,

I think $20-25K for a conversion is way low if you have to change out shafts, tanks etc., and you go with a new engine. You could go with a fairly young take out and save some.

I priced re-powering mine a few years ago with Cummins or Yanmars and the cost was approaching $80K turnkey. That is a lot of money for about 5-6 extra knots per hour.

Assumming Scottcboy's project would cost $30K vs about $5K for a rebuilt gas engine, it would take him about 1250 hours of use to make up the cost. That is about 15-20 years of average use.

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Alan Hamm
'87 300SDL 277K Miles
'89 560 SL 68K Miles