Current Photos

Engine install almost done.

Raw water strainer, the thru hull has not been installed yet.  Racor fuel filter and remote oil filter.

There are 5 ea. 1.5 inch hoses on the port side of prop shaft, two are water tank fill lines that head forward under the engine. The other three are bilge discharge lines.  The manual whale gusher and the Rule 2000 submersible dive straight down to the bottom of bilge.  The big high water Rule 3700 discharge hose makes it way forward under the engine to the bilge area between the two water tanks.

The Vetus dual chamber wet muffler is well below the exhaust gooseneck under the shaft.  By design it splits into two pieces so you could actually get it out without pulling the shaft if you had to.

Engine battery will live in box below companionway ladder.

AC and DC panel, battery selector switches,  galvanic isolator indiator light panel, AC outlet, primary and secondary bilge pump switches and engine start panel.

Port quarter berth.

 Aft end of starboard pilot berth with Mastervolt 2000/100 inverter charger under.

Galley.

Air con vent over galley.  Three small drawers north of chart table.

Engine Aboard

When Tony Brothers Wrecker Service arrived with the big rig I thought they might have misunderstood me . It appeared they were prepared to pick the boat up instead of the 350 lb Beta Marine.  $150 cash to drop in the auxilliary..... best bargain thus far.

Auxiliary Power

The Beta Marine 902 25 hp is slightly smaller in terms of  dimensions, weight and horse power than the Yanmar 27 that was in the boat.    According to Beta the 3 cylinder, naturally aspirated, diesel develops 25 bhp at 3,600 rpm with a swept volume of 898 cc The engine is supplied complete with a heat exchanger and header tank, water cooled exhaust manifold, fresh and sea water pumps, cast injection bend, mechanical fuel lift pump, fuel and oil filters, sump pump, flywheel with heavy inertia ring for super smooth running at low rpm, flywheel housing, special quiet air intake filter, 12 volt starter, two paralleled 70 amp battery charging alternators, shutdown solenoid, control panel "A" (with keystart switch and push button stop, warning lights and alarm buzzer for low oil pressure, high water temperature, no charge, and power on);  a 3m interconnection cable with multi pin plug and sockets to engine harness. Gearbox with nominal 2.6:1 reduction, heavy duty engine feet with flexible mountings, flexible coupling disc on gearbox, "Morse" type end fittings for speed and gear control, engine test certificate, operators manual. Red paint and packed on skid base with a 3 year “Self Service” warranty.