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Originally Posted by Makko
I feel for the opposed piston, Doxford, people! I only have seen one opposed piston B&W in an ED boat, docked in Huskisson. I think it may have been Pegu or Deido, but I cannot remember.
Rgds.
Dave
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Purists would say the B&W wasn't a proper O/P engine cos the exhaust piston was connected to an eccentric so couldn't transmit meaningful torque to the crankshaft. So it was really a 2-strole with a piston exhaust valve.