What's the life of a Westerbeke 42?

[zeehag]

Any engine gas or diesel will suffer from short run use. The fifteen year old sedan with 10,000 miles on ,owned by a little old lady who only drove it to her church and for groceries once a week may not be a great bargain.

my mom bought a pontiac sunbird from her mom , who only ran it a few minuets per day at 25 mph --momma got stuck in an intersection and hit by another car because the dang thing was so abused----mom was ok but car didnt survive......need to run engines well and over long periods of time, not just short hops to ihop or store or in slip for 15 mins--need to run it for a few hours into a brisk storm or some such to exercise it---i love watching the yacht clubbies run theirs for a few mins a day and wonder why it doesnt work after short time of a few yrs---they never go anywhere----granted a storm setting is a bit extreme, but is a good example.....dont need to get that severe--just run under load for more than a few minuets every week.....

 

[Ross]

When we went for a cruise in May this year we had two kinds of weather; Flat calm for six days, and stormy winds and rain for five days we motored for about a hundred and fifty miles, sailed for about twenty five and motor sailed for another twenty five. We often have no winds or completely contrary winds when we are out so the engine gets used.

 

[zeehag]

When we went for a cruise in May this year we had two kinds of weather; Flat calm for six days, and stormy winds and rain for five days we motored for about a hundred and fifty miles, sailed for about twenty five and motor sailed for another twenty five. We often have no winds or completely contrary winds when we are out so the engine gets used.

sounds like our recent trip ---lol---hope ye didnt have lightning as we did ....but is best way to exercise engine and self.....