Yanmar or Westerbeke?
"Frogwatch" wrote:
I have a friend with a YSM12 in his 27' sailboat. He installed it
himself so maybe he does not have stock mounts.
I don't think there ever were any "stock" mounts. If it worked, it worked.
That little engine sounded like the African
Queen but in 9 yrs started EVERY time no matter what.
You betcha. Thought about Hepburn and Bogie everytime that little beast was
at idle.
Could point upstream and idle in place against about a 1-2 knot current at
less than 1,000 engine RPM..
It was also
very easy to work on. I thought it was a great piece of engineering
but at 6.5 hp, a little small for my 7700 lb S2.
Nice boat.
So, I found a use
2GM (13 hp) and I think it is also wonderful (installed it myself).
Different engine.
The YSM8/12 were great inustrial engines, not so great as marine units.
The points remains that today's Yanmar product line is a light weight, high
RPM family much like the old VWs.
Works well in a hight speed power boat, not so well in a sailboat which
needs high torque, low RPM.
Lew
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