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Post by roscoe1 on Jan 22, 2007 10:03:23 GMT -5
Clayton Check out www.asmomarine.com I had considered electric power but decided on a new Beta marine engine instead. you might not use an engine that much on a sailboat but when you need the 28 H.P. believe me 18 H.P. won't work. However it would depend on the type sailing one would be doing. Roscoe
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Post by jay on Aug 11, 2007 6:45:23 GMT -5
I have a 1975 P35 that has a W30 that I will be replaceing. I am looking hard at the Betamarine 28. I see a few folks have repowered with this engine a few years back and I wondered if I could get some feed back as to how they like it? Is it enough power in strong headwind? Noise? Thanks, Jay
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Post by roscoe1 on Aug 12, 2007 20:20:24 GMT -5
I am well pleased with the 28HP Beta Marine engine Performance is good fuel consumption is excellent. You won't be disappointed. Roscoe
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Post by Tropigal on Aug 12, 2007 21:06:24 GMT -5
Sir; First I would listen to Roscoe carefully before my approach sways you. I am in the midst of repowering Tropigal, a 1978 Pearson 35 and have yet to be in the water. I only offer my logic which may be flawed. I looked at the Beta Marine BD1005 and the Yanmar 3JH4E. I chose the Yanmar because the torque curves and horsepower were closer to the Westerbeke and I have a fear of being on the wrong side of a reef in a blow underpowered. Also we had planned a couple of long via canals trips and would be running long hours on the engine. If you go with the 39 Hp Yanmar make sure your mechanic has a good plan for installing, we are using a V drive to get the angle and placement that meets my Yanmar certified mechanics requirements. I got the best price from Andy <parts@scottmarinepower.com> from 3786 SW 30th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33312 (http://scottmarinepower.com/). I ended up buying it from From Carey' Diesel in Deleware www.careysdiesel.com/, they gave me the second best price and since the engine quit in the Chesapeke, call and ask for Steve Morin. Annapolis gave me the worst price. If you decide to go with Betta talk to Joe DeMers at jedsail@mindspring.com or www.soundmarinediesel.com/ . He's quite knowledgeable and even though I've purchased nothing from him he's been a sweetheart and helpful. Hope this helps, Bill
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Post by Bob Skene on Aug 13, 2007 18:50:15 GMT -5
I asked Joe Demers for advice about repowering recently and he very strongly recommended the relatively new Beta 25 hp. He says it is smaller, lighter and cheaper than the Beta 28. I quizzed him specifically to be sure it had enough power for a Pearson 35 and he insisted that it was the best engine for the boat. I seem to have the world's best Atomic 4 but one day I hope to repower with a diesel and I really like the looks of the Beta engines.
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Post by More Ree on Feb 3, 2008 13:51:50 GMT -5
Hi, I am in need of any help anyone can give me. I am re powering because when I bought my 1969 Pearson 35 it had 3 cylinder westerbeke 30 in it and I now have a factory rebuilt two cylinder Farymann R30 (25 HP) diesel.Anybody that can help me make this transition any easier I would gratefully thank you. The old engine and transmission is out and I'm ready to go back in with the new one but not sure how to go about it. It looks like a few changes are going to have to be made.Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Michael on Feb 3, 2008 14:31:33 GMT -5
Hi, I am in need of any help anyone can give me. I am re powering because when I bought my 1969 Pearson 35 it had 3 cylinder westerbeke 30 in it and I now have a factory rebuilt two cylinder Farymann R30 (25 HP) diesel.Anybody that can help me make this transition any easier I would gratefully thank you. The old engine and transmission is out and I'm ready to go back in with the new one but not sure how to go about it. It looks like a few changes are going to have to be made.Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Harris on Feb 5, 2008 6:12:16 GMT -5
Hey Michael I found a Farymann Manual online and posted it in the documents section. www.pearson35.com/p35articles/equipment_documents.htm#farymannAlso, there are many owners that have changed out the engine. The Farymann is one that I have not heard of before. Do you have any drawing that show the "foot print" mounting pads? This is the first place to start. Harris
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Post by jeffgerritsen on Oct 10, 2010 14:52:45 GMT -5
I asked Joe Demers for advice about repowering recently and he very strongly recommended the relatively new Beta 25 hp. He says it is smaller, lighter and cheaper than the Beta 28. I quizzed him specifically to be sure it had enough power for a Pearson 35 and he insisted that it was the best engine for the boat. I seem to have the world's best Atomic 4 but one day I hope to repower with a diesel and I really like the looks of the Beta engines. Beta 25 has almost the exact hp / torque specs as the Atomic4. However, I'm looking at the beta 28 as a replacement from my A4.
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Post by hirover on May 13, 2012 13:44:45 GMT -5
Further progress from my post above. Just did the R&R on the Yanmar 3GM30f to move it back into the engine room. The stern of the boats narrows down quite significantly which made the A4 mount width quite narrow at the aft end. That and the width of the Yanmar stock footprint was the reason the original installer had moved the engine so far forward. A big problem with Yanmar is their humongous engine mounts which take up way too much space. They also don't seem to be all that durable as they were delaminating after less than 300 hours of engine time. Went with aftermarket mounts that take up about two inches less fore and aft space.
To take care of the aft mount width problem, took the port rear mount bracket, inverted and reversed it and installed it on the starboard side. This moved the starboard aft motor mount location back another couple of inches. Couldn't do that with the starboard mount bracket on the port side because of the engine block configuration. Fabricated a new mount bracket like the stock front brackets and bolted that up to the existing machined in mount location in the block. This moved the port aft mount forward at least six inches. These two changes to the aft mount locations allowed the engine to slide back so it was nearly in the old A4 location. The engine still sticks into the galley by about 2 inches. Since I've got a Taylor stove that is narrower than most cookers, will extend the counter by 3 inches so the engine is completely out of the galley area. Probably could have fabricated a starboard aft bracket like we did on port side to utilize the already machined block mounts and been able to get the engine all he way back into into the stock engine room.
With the mount location out of the way, had to grind away parts of the A4 FRP engine bed to make room for various ridges and bumps on the Yanmar block, the shift linkage and be able to service the water pump. That was a relatively easy though messy job with an angle grinder. One thing will say for Pearson, they sure used a lot of glass in the A4 beds.
Really like the aftermarket mounts. The Yanmar mounts were very soft and loosey goosey. With the way they let the engine move around, no wonder the boat ate cutlass bearings as alignment was pretty much a constantly moving target and a ballpark approximation.
Now on to moving the galley bulkhead forward, narrowing the stove area, and filling the puka that the previous installer Sawzall'd into the galley sole. Widening the counter width should be a good modification as it will allow me to fabricate more storage bins aft on the counter top. Heaven knows, the P35 galley sure could use more storage space.
Had a guy who does mechanical work help with the installation. Having young muscle and his fabricating skills got the job done a lot faster. Still adding up the cost but less than $2,000 to do a proper install of the Yanmar engine.
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