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Are you concerned about get-home power in the event of a failure?

Nope.

99% of engine failures are due to either bad/no fuel, or
dead batteries. A second engine is no help in those
circumstances, and a "get-home" engine is usually a bad
compromise and gets skipped on maintenance so it's actually
*less* reliable than the main.

My "get-home" plan in the event of main engine failure is to
stay put while I fix the damn thing. And with the full
maintenance effort devoted to just one engine, I feel that
it's far more reliable than twins anyway.

Staying put can be a dicey situation. Say you're in a following sea and
it's foggy and you're in shipping lanes that feature mega ton vessels
that take miles to slow down and that engine craps out 'cause you nearly
pitchpoled on a wave. It won't start and you're hearing bridge-to-
bridge communications on channel 14 that confirms your radar display's
suggestion that a tanker is bearing down on your position.

I've been in this situation, minus the engine failure, where my
visibility extended to about 50 ft. and I was losing light.

The last place I want to be in a rolling boat is trying to figure out
what happened to my very hot engine in its very hot engine room.

That was the day I decided to brush up on my coastal navigation skills.

jps