For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).

On 09 Jul 2004 01:04:36 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

As someone suggested before, why not post the part that backs up your
contention. For all anyone who hasn't read the book knows, they could
have been talking about glow plugs. Was the book completely factual,
or just based on events? Could be the books author wasn't that sharp
when it comes to diesel engines.

bb

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).

No, it clearly shows that the author misspoke.

"I can fly."

Does that mean that Gould has wings?
Will they be clipped by the second edition? :-)

Ya know ..... there are people who get grants and make lifetime studies
of people, like our Jaxass ..... shame that they haven't been able to
help him, to date.

otn

goudie, would they print it if it weren't true?

Of course not.

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who
know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).

No, it clearly shows that the author misspoke.

"I can fly."

Does that mean that Gould has wings?
Will they be clipped by the second edition? :-)

For all anyone who hasn't read the book knows, they could
have been talking about glow plugs.

blay keys, you are not REALLY suggesting that fishing boat crew -- or anyone
else, for that matter -- *******clean******* glow plugs, are you?

dumb squat, wanna tell how **you** clean glow plugs???? We'll wait.


For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the
ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

As someone suggested before, why not post the part that backs up your
contention. For all anyone who hasn't read the book knows, they could
have been talking about glow plugs. Was the book completely factual,
or just based on events? Could be the books author wasn't that sharp
when it comes to diesel engines.

bb

over the knee, just how many drinks have you had tonight??

From: otnmbrd
Date: 7/8/2004 9:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: k.net

Ya know ..... there are people who get grants and make lifetime studies
of people, like our Jaxass ..... shame that they haven't been able to
help him, to date.

otn

Gene Kearns wrote:

On 09 Jul 2004 01:04:36 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).


What part about " " did I not make clear? How about posting what the
author said verbatim (plus about two sentences on either side) if it
is different from what I quoted....



There's been plenty published about the Andrea Gail. Ships of that size,
design, type, and vintage don't have gasoline engines for main
propulsion or for generating main power. Period. But the ship might have
had some sort of aux. gasoline powered equipment, such as a winch. More
than likely, it simply was a mistake in the first draft and corrected later.

On 09 Jul 2004 01:04:36 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).

THAT's it? That's what you're basing your assertion that the Andrea
Gail had a gas engine on? No mention of the type of engine? No mention
of fuel? Jax, FYI, diesel engines can have plugs also. So it could
have been a diesel engine and the author not even be wrong in his
statement. If he had actually said it was a gas engine, he surely would
have been wrong.

Since you know so much about gas engines, what model gas engine do you
think it had?

Steve

schlackoff, diesel engines with spark plugs are called "multi-fuel" engines and
are rare.

schlackie, you were caught with a fish hook in your mouth.

For sure it did, for the author specificly mentioned the crew of the
ill-fated
vessel was so anxious about the trip that they went to the boat the night
before leaving to clean the plugs on the engine.

One sentence, just one sentence, but it clearly shows the Andrea Gail had a
gasoline engine. At least in the First Edition (for those out there who
know
what a First Edition is, the rest of you can go fry an egg).

THAT's it? That's what you're basing your assertion that the Andrea
Gail had a gas engine on? No mention of the type of engine? No mention
of fuel? Jax, FYI, diesel engines can have plugs also. So it could
have been a diesel engine and the author not even be wrong in his
statement. If he had actually said it was a gas engine, he surely would
have been wrong.

Since you know so much about gas engines, what model gas engine do you
think it had?

Steve