The Perkins 4.326 Diesel in a very strong reliable motor, but noisy. On my boat I also have a three-cylinder Diesel powered generator and seven electric motors, all below the saloon floor. When these are all running it can be quite noisy in the saloon and this article describes how the noise was reduced considerably by using a simple method of insulating the floorboards
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