over the knee? while *you did do a LOT of googling, *you* did NOT find where
the authur CLEARLY stated the fishing boat had a gasoline engine.
are you still claiming, over the knee, that you read *****English*****, the
language the book was written in??????]]]sorry, over the knee, the author
clearly stated the boat had a gasoline
engine.
Do you have trouble reading English?
Here's a link to a page where the author uses the phrase "without diesel
engine" but he wasn't stating that the Andrea Gail
didn't have a diesel. He was stating that the fishing industry might be able
to
continue without diesel engines, but not without ice.
http://www.capepondice.com/perfectstorm_movie.htm
"Lady Grace" built side by side and virtually identical to "Andrea Gail" in
Panama City, FLA, has a 1271 Detroit Diesel
Quote:
And so the Lady Grace begins her long journey back to a normal life as an
ordinary swordfishing boat after starring as the Andrea Gail in The Perfect
Storm. Built side by side with the Andrea Gail in Panama City, FL in 1978,
the
Lady Grace is nearly identical to the ship that ran into the Halloween Storm
of
1991.
Capt. Layton, who trolls the Atlantic for swordfish, tuna and the occasional
mako shark, spent most of last year hanging out with Hollywood big fish like
George Clooney and director-producer Wolfgang Petersen while captaining the
ship for film shoots in Gloucester, MA and southern California. So with the
film now behind them, Sonny and crew have one last journey to make before
they
can roll out the longlines again. And do what they do best? Fish.
Sonny has captained the Lady Grace for the past six years, spending most of
that time at sea. As we passed Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Baja California,
Sonny was feeling right at home. "I'm in heaven," he said from his wheelhouse
throne. "I got my girl back and I'm in the middle of the ocean. It doesn't
get
any better for me."
For the next four weeks, the Lady Grace will sail down the coast of Mexico
and
Central America to the Panama Canal. After crossing the canal for the first
time since being turned over to Panamanian control, the ship will steam
through
the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea to our first port of call — Miami,
FL. From there we'll catch the Gulf Stream and ride the Atlantic highway up
to
New York City, Boston, and finally back to Gloucester where the Crow's Nest
stands lookout behind the marina.
The Lady Grace is a western rig longliner primarily used for catching large
pelagic fish like tuna, swordfish, and mahi mahi. She's 73 feet long, 20 feet
wide and weighs 93 tons — without a hold full of ice and fish. There's not a
lot of comfort on this vessel. It was designed for two things only —
catching
fish and storing fish. On level with the deck are two small bunkrooms, which
can stack four fishermen sleeping nose to tail. It's so cramped that once
you've climbed out of bed, you've already left the room. A narrow galley
connects the sleeping quarters to two ladders - one leading up to Sonny's
wheelhouse and the other down to the engine room where Bill Botsch keeps the
1271 Detroit diesel engine purring like a catfish.
End quote.......
Depending on how the engine is set up,
I believe most 1271's produce 700-1000 HP.
Can you suggest a gasoline engine that would be suitable for an application
like the Andrea Gail?