T&T: Exhaust

[Rock Bradford]

I had a dry exhaust on my 80' motorsailer, exiting at the top of my mizzen,
55' above the waterline.  never any sooting problems, never any diesel
exhaust problems, more room in the engine room and, supposedly, longer
engine life.  i think dry exhausts are the way to go, although on my 44'
Cygnus trawler I have wet exhaust.

Rock Bradford
Magpie, Cygnus 44'
Georgetown, SC

On 12/1/06, Ken Williams <kenw@seanet.com> wrote:
>
> I had dry exhaust on my Nordhavn 62.
>
> Upsides are:
> - Allegedly better for the engines
> - Simpler system, less to go wrong
> - Uses less space in the engine room
>
> Downsides are:
> - I had major problems with sooting. More than once I had to pay for
> adjacent boats in the marina to be cleaned
> - I haven't verified this, but have been told dry exhaust generates more
> heat in the engine room
> - Lose space both in the salon and in the pilot house
>
> I'm currently waiting on a new boat, and went with wet exhaust, primarily
> because we wanted the extra space in the salon, pilothouse and on the fly
> bridge.
>
> -Ken Williams
> Sans Souci, nordhavn68.com
>
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>
> Has anybody tried dry exhaust?
> I had a friend years ago eith a boat that had
> stacks coming up through the pilot house and into
> the air overhead.
>
> Eric Thompson
> S/V Procrastinator
> South San Francisco
> capteric36@sbcglobal.net
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