Hatteras 48 LRC, Venice, FL 

Easy to make friends, just offer to grab a line when docking - talk about where they came from and where they are going.

@@AskCaptainChris it’s way more pleasant to make friends than to acquire enemies. “Somebody must’ve said that”…

They do not teach 2 stroke diesels in trade school now. The Detroit as we know if stopped production because it could not meet EPA emission standards. Two stroke outboards went the same direction - GONE!

Remember tge buta, Hercules, and Essex engines?

@@walterdavis4808 Hercules? Oh, you mean White engines. You could use almost anything for fuel. It would burn it.

I remember the BUDAs, both the large model and the smaller model. Both were 6 cylinders. The bigger BUDA was in a US ARMY T BOAT, Ashepoo. @@walterdavis4808