Single Screw Sportfisher

[matey8941]

I have to agree there. A single prop leaves a nice wash behind the boat

nice flat nice

[gottaflylee]

There is something to be said for how the " HUM" of a single screw draws fish to the back of the boat...when you get the twin screw hum going you can't beat it. The boat I run called the Predator has that hum and the bills like to eat at the props. I do like the "get me home" feeling I have with twins.

[Mackey]

I have been running offshore from Va Beach for over 8 years with a single screw boats. Never towed in, not once. But all my boats have had well maint diesel engines. I would not do the same with a gas engine. Love the cost of running a single engine boat and the way they fish. Look at all the newengland fisherman running single diesel boats.

[flatbottom]

I fish the chesapeake on a single diesel sometimes. I would swear the fish hear the single diesel hummmm and call it dinner time. The trolling valve must have a hypnotic trance to it.

[makokiller975]

single screw with a 4 blade prop

[makokiller975]

Flatbottom do you need any people to fill any of the charters you have of the chesapeake

[74Formula233]

I have been running offshore from Va Beach for over 8 years with a single screw boats. Never towed in, not once. But all my boats have had well maint diesel engines. I would not do the same with a gas engine. Love the cost of running a single engine boat and the way they fish. Look at all the newengland fisherman running single diesel boats.

Well-said.

Pro-Active maintenance is the key, and is very affordable when you only have ONE to do!

And diesels are NOT complicated, contrary to what many people think. You think they are? Look under the hood of a 4-stroke (or even newer 2-stroke LOL) outboard. Good luck!

Just about anytring on a diesel can be worked on by yourself, short of the fuel injection system and mechanical failure LOL.

[capt. woodward]

Ive been running single screw boats most of my adult life. I could have twins, but I need the weight it would displace for fishing gear and fuel. That said, it performs as well as a twin for half as much consumption. And, when you're turning 900 rpms 24 hours a day on a V16, that's a lot of fuel! We don't measure it in gallons but in cubic meters.

I can't see any reason, with todays technology to have more than a single engine. Todays diesels are more refined than they were 40 years ago. Sure there are some that use oil like crazy, but for the most part the newer engines don't.

For my own play around boat, I have a single Cummins B series, same one as in my truck. Put's out 215hp which is plenty more than I need to run the rivers nearby. For some reason, I tried (I really did) the 24valve model and I just didn't like it. Maybe it was just too much electronics, I dunno.