[PUP] Ok, what is your thoughts about get home engines

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Penny  and I have had the pleasure, in the past four years, to go aboard
several classic passagemakers: Mona Mona, Champion, Chartwell, and Teka III,
and
to see their machinery spaces. These are all traditional single-engine
passagemakers with more miles under their keels than any of us will ever
have. I
don't believe any had wing engines. As I recall, some  had roller-chain drive
from an aux. engine or genset via a reverse gear or  hydraulic pump. These
setups were capable of providing about half the HP of the  main engine, if
need be.

Our  boat has a 27HP Yanmar wing and although it will propel the boat at 5
knots in  flat water I have no doubt that I'd not be pleased to have to use it
long at  sea. I believe the current trend in new construction is to provide
about 60  HP for a wing in a boat our size (53' LOD, 46' LWL, sailing hull,
80,000lb  displacement).

Regards,

John
"Seahorse"



> I was once aboard a Krogen that had a small  engine mounted above the
driveshaft.  The engine was normally used as  DC generator, which kept
it in good shape and ready to run.  It had a  sprocket that could be
connected by a roller chain to another sprocket the  main
driveshaft.  The boat's owner said that could be done in about 20
minutes (I assume not in a rolling  sea!).


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