Preview: In the Engine Room, The Gardner Diesel Engine Aboard OLGA
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January 20, 2023
Email this Video to a FriendThe Gardner diesel engine was, and still is, renowned as a dependable workhorse. It turns out it’s a pleasure to behold as well. Join us for a tour of the engine room of OLGA with legendary boatbuilder Jim Ashby in the Bay of Islands.
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john marks says:
we have a 6LX in a 42′ ex-fishboat. only done less than 10,000hrs. It started life in a truck or a bus, like most 6LX models. We cruise extensively from Port Phillip, Melbourne, and always rely on Gardner reliability.
Vern Baugh says:
I could just sit and listen to that Gardner……music.
Philip Myer says:
In Tasmania Gardner Diesels are regarded with almost religious reverence by commercial fisherman.
Kit Laughlin says:
Not just Tasmania… :)
Brent Williams says:
I agree with Kit, what a beautiful boat. I would love to see the complete boat. Wow, just gorgeous.
Brent
Kit Laughlin says:
This is the most beautiful boat I have ever seen—I would like to see it close up, and its interior, too. Just ‘Wow!’. And the sound of that Gardner…