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Looking
and sounding like a vintage engine, this 39hp beast is in fact a
modern engine - the Beta Marine JD3 'Tug' - but with the characteristic
slow revs and high torque of something much older. To enthusiasts
this may be sacrilage, but this owner does not have to hug and stroke
the engine every morning to coax it in to life. Partly for tradition
and partly for practicalities (the Kabola must be gravity fed with
diesel), a day tank has been mounted on the front bulkhead, with
an automatic pump to transfer fuel from the main tank when the day
tank gets low. The boat's battery bank (5x 135Ah leisure batteries
plus starter battery) are located under the 'corridor' floor to
the starboard side of the engine, with the power distribution cabinet
to the aft of the bank. The cabinet is in three sections:- bottom
cupboard for the Sterling 3kW invertor/charger combi, and the AC
power distribution; centre cupboard for general storage of spare
batteries/fuses/filters/etc., and the top section for the DC power
distribution, invertor controller, fuel and fresh water tank guages.
On the opposite side is the Kabola 5kW diesel boiler for the central
heating, which also heats the calorifier. Take offs from the engine
are the second source of heat for the calorifier, which can also
be heated by an immersion heater when shore power is available.
Side doors on each side of the boat provide additional ventilation
and light as required, and also to show off the beastie! Lining
of the engine room is principally T&G, painted cream with red
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