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The David BWe place a card under the rocker arm of the engine to help smooth out when the engine fires.Here is a view of the David B

Listen to the sound of the David B’s original Washington-Estep three-cylinder slow speed diesel engine, and imagine yourself aboard our vintage wooden boat, cruising the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, or Southeast Alaska.

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The engine starting (1MB .mp3 file)

A small clip of the engine running (104KB .mp3 file)

A big clip of air whistles and steam sirens and the David B (2.3MB .mp3 file)




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