RO'D
Well-Known Member
As you may have seen from another post of mine we are considering replacing our VP 2003 saildrive.
If we were to replace then the straight swap would appear to be the D1-30, but should we consider going up to a D2-40?
The boat is a Scanmar 35, displacing 10582 lbs./ 4800 kgs.
Link to her details here http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1308
From researching it would appear to be a trade off between having the comfort factor of the extra HP if pushing swell / wind / tide etc versus the risk to the engine that it may be under utilised most of the time.
Of course there is also the internal space / beds / access question to consider.
Thanks
If we were to replace then the straight swap would appear to be the D1-30, but should we consider going up to a D2-40?
The boat is a Scanmar 35, displacing 10582 lbs./ 4800 kgs.
Link to her details here http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=1308
From researching it would appear to be a trade off between having the comfort factor of the extra HP if pushing swell / wind / tide etc versus the risk to the engine that it may be under utilised most of the time.
Of course there is also the internal space / beds / access question to consider.
Thanks