Yanmar Diesel Outboards
Hattie,
Your posts here always seem as you are knowledgeable relating to the boat stuff......perhaps it's because I'm a "blowboat" kinda guy.....but.....Yanmar makes a line of Diesel Outboards......really fuel efficient outboards.....Not in the huge sizes tho.....I think that the largest that I've personally seen was 35HP.....I don't have a clue as to WVO, but I can assume that you could hook up a cooling water powered WVO heater....interesting thought!!!
SB 
Looks like they don't make em' any longer.....
http://www.yanmar.com.au/marine/d_series/dseries.htm
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Outboards are the best for shallow water. Inboards are tough, hit bottom with one and it gets very expensive very fast.
Sounds like a 20-23 center console might work good for you. 24in's pretty much rules out all inboards, except maybe a small Shamrock or Penn Yan. I don't really like tunnel drives though. Converting either to diesel is going to be pretty expensive.
Your not going to touch a diesel boat for much under $40k, and thats going to be a project. I know of a Bert 38 up in Brandford that someone could probably get for $30k. But than you have to put $100k into it, still nice boat.
$60k-$80k should get you a nice little sportfish or convertable with diesels, with reasonable hours.
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Diesels:
'85 300D, "Max, Blue Benz", 155K, 27.0 MPG
'84 190D 2.2, "Eva, Brown Benz", 142K, 40.2 MPG
'77 240D (parts car)
'67 Eicher ES 202 Tractor "Otto" (2cyl, Air Cooled, 30HP)
Gassers:
'94 Ford F-150, "Henry", 170K (300 Six) 17.5 MPG
'85 190E 2.3, 148K....Parts Car
'58 Dodge W300M Powerwagon (Flat Fenders) Less than 10 MPG
Last edited by Shorebilly; 09-29-2008 at 03:09 PM.
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