[ingram622]

I just went from Gas to Diesel engines. Amazing difference. The torque and handling around the docks with diesel way surpasses gas engines. However there are plus and minuses for both. Gas gets less MPG, worse handling around the dock, shorter life but much less maintenance costs and repairs and replacements are WAY less. Diesel better milage, handling around the dock is much better, longer life but maintenance is more. I went from 8 quart oile changes each motor to 9 gallon oil changes (ouch).

So at the end of the day if the diesel is priced right, low hours I would say that is the way to go especially when getting to a heavy boat. The gas engines on a 35 would be working very hard and drinking a lot of fuel.