Tom will be repowered

After some research, we realized that it’s becoming increasingly difficult each year to find maintenance parts for our MD2B. Then, by chance, we met someone who knew someone with experience in BUKH engines. So we decided to go and take a look.

And guess what? When Jacco was a kid and used to go fishing with the EH4, he often passed by a mechanic’s shop called Krikke in the Brugstraat. One of the brothers who now works with BUKH engines used to work there — and Jacco already knew him!

They are the de Graaf brothers, and they’ve been doing this for years. Lucky us!

We visited them and agreed on a DV24. Now, all we need is a little patience...
Our DV24 is being refurbished first by them.

The image of the Volvo engine here, is not our engine. We cannot see the engine from the front. But this gives you an idea of what engine currently is installed.

For just having peace of mind, a little comparing is always good, right? So we compare how the two engines are globally different from each other. There are differences, because the Volvo is full cousin of a steam-engine providing 1 HP for 10 KG of engine. The Bukh engine is a little less weight, but still serious.

* 0.33 mean-width ratio blades. (This means that 33% of the blade area is the propeller blade width relative to the propeller diameter.) If you do not have enough space in the propeller aperture, you will find an alternative below. This is based on the "rules of thumb": 2 inches of diameter = 2.5 inches of pitch. An additional 2 inches of pitch will reduce the engine speed by 450 RPM.

Sure.... The implications of repowering a boat... Let's see what the differences are!