and looking aft, the 173 hp Lugger is on centerline. A stainless-steel grab rail skirts the engine's perimeter, an asset for performing tasks under way. Abaft the main, to port, is the 40 hp Yanmar auxiliary engine. While many single-engine powerboats, including commercial trawlers, venture tens of thousands of miles ...

deck for engine inspection and service. Centerline access in the engine compartment is good. Outboard ... weight. The hull is finished with Awlgrip. Base price for this gem with the 370 hp engines is $395 ... the engines and adding a hardtop, electronics and the teak package. If you intend to use the 36 as a day ...

circumnavigate the console and engine box. Bench-style seating is forward, to port and starboard, as well as across the engine box. Twin 300 hp Volvo Penta KAMD 300 turbo diesels power duo-prop stern drives ... a range of about 400 miles, according to the builder. An electrically powered engine hatch uncovers ...

engineered the 500 to be quiet under way; she has extensive sound-dampening material in the engineroom ... amounts of bowthruster, jockeyed the main engines and spun both boats into the berth with ease. "She ... , as well as a large hatch leading to the twin 700 hp MAN engines, which are coupled to V ...

instead of in the more common mid-20 range. Uniesse says that even the stock 800 hp engines deliver a 32 ... the station, skippers will have everything within reach, including the thruster and engine controls ... systems, custom compressor placement, two hydraulic thrusters, backup engine controls, twin bilge pumps ...

sides reflects some of the man-hours poured into the product; they are mirror-like. Engine access is through the hydraulic day hatch or via the cockpit engine boxes. The strategic placement of the engines ... to stern (though the engine boxes do steal from the cockpit area). The 825 hp Series 60 Detroit Diesels ...

engine and thruster commands. An owner/operator with minimal crew will not struggle with handling ... bulkhead in the engine compartment is dedicated to a bank of manifolds whose red handles direct fuel from ... with great accessibility and lighting. A Vickers power takeoff runs off the main engine and pushes ...

topped with steel rails where the engine mounts are affixed. The working area between the engines is cavernous, but at the expense of outboard room. Most notably, the air intake for the starboard engine ...

and nicely proportioned, and all engine checks can be performed centerline. Racor filters are outboard ... of 14 knots and burning a miserly 27 gallons per hour; the engines were at 76 percent load. The test boat had an optional Aquadrive system that directs engine thrust to a separate bracket, taking pressure ...

. The saloon, master cabin and bridge deck exploit what Hatteras' 38 full-time in-house engineers provided ... . Tunnels travel forward from the transom to the engine pockets, ending near the struts. Sea chests ... are sealed from moisture. Engine access is through a door in the cockpit, which also leads to the crew ...

puts a lid on noise, but it makes moving about the engines a bit cumbersome-a small price to pay for the quiet ride. The 700-hp C12 Caterpillar engines drive conventional running gear and sit atop Divinycel-cored stringers capped with aluminum. The engines pull fuel from two saddles and one center ...

. Belowdecks, the engines are atop steel mounts. They are positioned farther aft than on the prototype, which ... of the main engines with a Y-valve for quick use. The raw-water intakes in the same area come without internal ...

handlers allow the engines to breathe deeply and keep the area cool, even with twin generators and a Heart ... be the most extensively rigged 64 Pilot House that Jefferson will build. The engine compartment is packed ...

with two large navigation displays, engine gauges, radios and electronic control levers. Abaft ... . A full 32 inches is between engine mount stringers, and headroom throughout is 64 inches. Compressors ...

engine package, outfitted with Nibral props, seems to be right for this hull. She bit well from ...