rpeterson
Veteran Member
Ok I did a search and can't find much on the subject of "wing engines" on a single screw Trawler. Refitting to be more precise.
I just had an occasion where I wish I had a Wing Engine on my single engine Trawler. We had gone into Princes Louisa Inlet in BC and was coming out. If any of you have been there you know that getting there is a beautiful trip up the strait with vertical cliffs up to 3000 feet on each side, and the water is up to 1900 feet deep.
So we are going along and enjoying the view when I heard a funny "new" sound from the engine room. After inspection I find that the coolant pump,(not the raw water pump) is throwing grease from it's bearings. After shutting down the engine I could wiggle the pulley back and forth. So not hard to figure out that the coolant pump on the front of the John Deere 6068 is going out. Don't have a spare and if it goes out there is no place to anchor, (don't have a rode long enough!) and these cliffs go right down at the edge of the water shear to the 1900 depth. No beaches and no place to anchor. Engine goes out you are on the rock wall on both sides.
So the question is does anyone have any experience refitting a Trawler with a Wing Engine? My boat is a 48" Kadey Krogen NS. Not a lot of extra room in the engine room after the JD and a Northern Lights 12KW gen.
Oh just as an aside we limped into Pender Harbor and found a shop that had the parts to rebuild the pump! Go figure. I asked the mechanic why he had parts to rebuild that pump way out here. He said that he maintains 3 commercial fishing boats that have the exact same engine. Nice!
I just had an occasion where I wish I had a Wing Engine on my single engine Trawler. We had gone into Princes Louisa Inlet in BC and was coming out. If any of you have been there you know that getting there is a beautiful trip up the strait with vertical cliffs up to 3000 feet on each side, and the water is up to 1900 feet deep.
So we are going along and enjoying the view when I heard a funny "new" sound from the engine room. After inspection I find that the coolant pump,(not the raw water pump) is throwing grease from it's bearings. After shutting down the engine I could wiggle the pulley back and forth. So not hard to figure out that the coolant pump on the front of the John Deere 6068 is going out. Don't have a spare and if it goes out there is no place to anchor, (don't have a rode long enough!) and these cliffs go right down at the edge of the water shear to the 1900 depth. No beaches and no place to anchor. Engine goes out you are on the rock wall on both sides.
So the question is does anyone have any experience refitting a Trawler with a Wing Engine? My boat is a 48" Kadey Krogen NS. Not a lot of extra room in the engine room after the JD and a Northern Lights 12KW gen.
Oh just as an aside we limped into Pender Harbor and found a shop that had the parts to rebuild the pump! Go figure. I asked the mechanic why he had parts to rebuild that pump way out here. He said that he maintains 3 commercial fishing boats that have the exact same engine. Nice!