Another diesel outboard
Submitted by crano on Tue, 2017-06-27 20:31
This is a diesel outboard on the back of a barge on an island off northern fiji. Aparently it is chinese and they reckon it uses a teaspoon of diesel an hour.
The photo of the boys moving the barge is there just because it is a cool photo.
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meglodon
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It looks like
Looks like the diesel has put in a few hours work and been sitting in the water for some time by the growth on the prop.
ace rimmer
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lister Petter
looks like an old lister petter engine somehow fitted to a leg bloody reliable engine those cheers Ace
meglodon
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Doesn't it just
How does that old saying go, out of desperation comes ingenuity or something like that. The leg looks like a home grown variety as well
Ashen
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3rd world outboards
Have some of you guys seen the type of outboards used in some countries, especially in SE Asia? Looks like small motorcycle engines mounted to a long shaft with a prop.
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!