Marinette Boat Forum

Greetings to all,
I was looking around on Craigslist and saw a 1980 28ft SDFB for sale for a really good price. However, she has twin v6 Crusaders (165 hp each) and that sort of threw up a flag for me. Currently the boat is a lake boat but I would bring her back home to Louisville an put her on the river. Any thoughts / comments on the v6's themselves and or v6's in that boat on the Ohio River?

Sounds sweet to me.... Not as fast but who goes WOT anyway.
Great manuverability in river currents and better economy .

safe boating,
dave

BarkleyDave
Thanks for your response.
I have a couple of other Marinettes that I am interested in looking at as well.

Twin V6 Crusaders sounds like a cool setup to me. A large number of 28' Marinettes have a single Chrysler 318. In my mind, 3 benefits of this setup would be: more horsepower than a single, easier maneuverability , and the redundancy/safety of 2 engines.

If your single engine dies on the river, you're at the mercy of the current until you can throw an anchor and get help. I worry about that a bit with my boat on the Mississippi.

Sounds awesome, 330HP, you'd be putting out the same HP as a single 440 Chrysler, with more maneuverability. Hmmmm.........165HP v6?????? what kind are they? The old I-6 (250ci) were 165HP, are you sure they are V6's?????, if so they should be 190 or 205HP. Not that it really matters, either way it would be a good engine. You may look into it though, that way you know what you are buying.

Marinette offered 28s with twin V-6s. Seems to me they would be just fine as everyone suggested.

I suspect the 6s would be easier to work on too: Try removing the raw water pump on the port engine on my 28.

I'd go for it.

Good luck.

Joe

I did not realize that they offered v6's from the factory. I agree that the 6's seem like they would give more wiggle room in the bilge.
I can't get down to look at her this weekend, although the owner said that someone else is looking at her this Sunday. For the asking price though I might have to try and get to get down to look at her ( almost 8 hr round trip).

By the way thanks for all of the replies and advice.

Has anyone looked at this 28. What do we know about it. The price seems very good Joe

I have not looked at her...yet.
I have spoken with the gentleman that owns her now and he said someone was looking at her this past Sunday. Apparently she did not sell because there was a price reduction today.
Just need to find time to make the day of it.