Diesel Outboard??

[Fishjack]

While at an E-tec dealer today (friend of mine owns the dealership) I noticed they had a special forces Whaler in for service. I asked if it was OK for me to check out the boat.. He said "sure whatever you want."

It had twin E-tec Vindicators with "ROE" on the cowlings. I asked what ROE meant and the guy told me they would run on anything.. I had read about the smaller 30hp multi-fuel engines the special ops use to deploy from subs but this was interesting - a 200hp diesel powered outboard??
I just wonder how they perform on diesel (and for how long?). The whaler had the 50cal gun mounts (less guns) and was all decked out.. Unfortunately I could not talk him into a test run

Also kind of funny - a Brunswick marine (i.e. Mercury) Whaler boat with E-tecs?? Hmmmm?

Anyway after wasting about an hour on the internet trying to find info on these engines this is what I came up with -

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Enjoy...