Show us your ER

Art Defever had a design triumph with the 44 ER IMHO . . . plus the PO was a ninja on ER maintenance. You could perform surgery in there. I don't think I could ever go back to an ER where I'd have to aasume the fetal position to change filters.

And ditto Norm's feelings about a seachest.

Yea... I am kinda hatin' on you a little, Angus!

Love this engineering porn.

This is the most depressing thread I've looked at in a while. Viking has to have one of the worst. Talk about packing 5# of crap into a 2# bag.
Unfortunately I love everything else about her.

mbevins said:

Unfortunately I love everything else about her.

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I feel your pain. Right between L3 and L4.

Not mine, but I did have some small part in how this was put together

Forget about 2 footitis. Now my next boat will be based on its ER layout.

I might get another boat just to have an ER as nice as some of these!

I can hear it now. " Honey we need a bigger boat so I can have a better ER" . Let me know how that goes over.

Keysdisease said:

Not mine, but I did have some small part in how this was put together

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Interesting...in the beginning of the video there seems to be a AC unit pulling air from the engine room...isn't that a no no? Lots of heat and possible source of carbon monoxide if the exhaust has a leak....

mbevins said:

I can hear it now. " Honey we need a bigger boat so I can have a better ER" . Let me know how that goes over.

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Wouldn't be at all difficult as I'm married to a woman who wants a new car because hers doesn't have Bluetooth and all her friends have newer cars.

Fortunately, one of us has a little bit of fiscal sense.

From a sistership -- headroom is a little over 6'1":

There are 3 chiller's at the very end of the video, and I believe what you are calling out may be an a/c air handler for the ER without the cover on it. This video was immediately post launch and the cover for the AC was probably in a box somewhere.

A/C in the ER is becoming more common as much work is done in there when the engines are off and the benefit of A/C is appreciated.

Spottsville said:

Interesting...in the beginning of the video there seems to be a AC unit pulling air from the engine room...isn't that a no no? Lots of heat and possible source of carbon monoxide if the exhaust has a leak....

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MYTraveler said:

From a sistership -- headroom is a little over 6'1":

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My whole boat would fit in your ER :lol:

Having helped a friend work in his DeFever 44 ER, I am forever chagrined when I look at our potential next boat

Have never been on the David B, but this engine room is pretty cool!

The Gardner is still winning by a mile

gaston said:

The Gardner is still winning by a mile

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Wonderful engine, but parts and finding someone to work on them is an issue so I am told.

Sister ship to ours is Gardner powered and I was dissapointed initially that ours has a Cummins, but I am over it now.

MurrayM said:

Have never been on the David B, but this engine room is pretty cool!

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Great video, Murray!

It's not exactly my engine room however it is the engine room of a boat which I have had the pleasure of working on for the past week!

theTopsail said:

It's not exactly my engine room however it is the engine room of a boat which I have had the pleasure of working on for the past week!

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This falls outside of my "normal"...
what exactly what I am looking at???
Bruce

You are looking at the engine room of a Nordhavn 52.

Greetings,
Mr. tT. Looks like it still has that "new baby" smell...

40 Year Old Engines and Engine Room

Picture of one of the 40 year old Ford Lehman engines in my 1976 Hatteras LRC. To my knowledge this was the only LRC that was equipped with Lehman's

2003 Gumbo's ER Cummins 6BT5.9M

theTopsail said:

It's not exactly my engine room however it is the engine room of a boat which I have had the pleasure of working on for the past week!

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Nordhavn 52?

IG 36 Vivante

Twin 6BT 5.9 's still sorting out engine room new lights and camera being installed .

My newb contribution, such as it is. 87' Grand Banks 42' w/ SP135's. 4.5' headroom but clean. forward head sanitation hose with the dip in it has to go. Also the raw water hose coming from seacock to port engine is sitting on the rail. Little rub spot so need to deal with that as well.

firstbase said:

Also the raw water hose coming from seacock to port engine is sitting on the rail. Little rub spot so need to deal with that as well.

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Nice looking ER! Lots more room around the engines than my buddies '86 with the big Cat 3208s.

A few wraps of Rescue Tape in the meantime will protect the hose from rub wear until you can permanently modify it.