I’m about to order a Chapparal 190 I/O.
I can get either the 3.0 Volvo or the 4.3.
Can someone tell me the difference in speed between the two.
I understand that most recommendations will be to the larger engine, but
cost is a consideration at $2000 higher for the 4.3.
Before I make a decision, can I get some factual differences between the
two?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Dave
Oh joy, another stinkpotter.
SV
"Petey the Wonder Dog" <baldycott…@mchsi.comedy> wrote in message
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> I’m about to order a Chapparal 190 I/O.
>Oh joy, another stinkpotter.
>SV
Last summer I got to chat with a local woman who has sailed around the world.
We discussed the oft encountered sailor’s snobbery toward any other form of
boating.
She laughed.
Her general comment: "Very few serious bluewater sailors feel like that, it’s
an urban or inland sailing thing. Probably hung over from days when only the
very rich could afford to buy a sailboat and go ‘yachting’. Whenever we would
put into port, we’d try to make friends with cruising powerboaters. Most of
them have more tools, more spare parts, and more space to fix whatever got
broken on the last leg
than cruising sailors typically carry. People who behave as though sailing is
always superior to powerboating just show how little they really know."
Wish I knew the answer to the speed difference between a 3.0 and 4.3 engine in
a Chapparal……but in any case this new boater should be encouraged, not
ridiculed because his choice of boat might be different from someone else.
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>Oh joy, another stinkpotter.
Hey! Lookie there!
A guy whose car runs on solar power!
It’s not snobbyness, I just don’t like em.
SV
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> >Oh joy, another stinkpotter.
> >SV
> Last summer I got to chat with a local woman who has sailed around the
world.
> We discussed the oft encountered sailor’s snobbery toward any other form
of
> boating.
> She laughed.
> Her general comment: "Very few serious bluewater sailors feel like that,
it’s
> an urban or inland sailing thing. Probably hung over from days when only
the
> very rich could afford to buy a sailboat and go ‘yachting’. Whenever we
would
> put into port, we’d try to make friends with cruising powerboaters. Most
of
> them have more tools, more spare parts, and more space to fix whatever got
> broken on the last leg
> than cruising sailors typically carry. People who behave as though sailing
is
> always superior to powerboating just show how little they really know."
> Wish I knew the answer to the speed difference between a 3.0 and 4.3
engine in
> a Chapparal……but in any case this new boater should be encouraged, not
> ridiculed because his choice of boat might be different from someone else.