Kerry Chancellor - "Jennifer E"

"Yanmar repower delivers more speed / less fuel"

"My Bertram 28 was built in 1985. When I acquired Jennifer E in 2001, I knew that the original diesel engines were on their last legs and repowering was inevitable. Jennifer E was underpowered and we virtually ran every-where at wide open throttle. Even then, we were lucky to get a top speed of 18 knots.

But I still got a season and a half out of the old engines, before one died. I had been taking a lot of interest over the intervening time in engine options and was greatly influenced by what I had read and seen about Yanmar.

Ultimately I settled on a pair of Yanmar 4LHA-STP engines, a neat, compact pair of diesels that develop 230hp each. For the Bertram re-power project, the entire drive train was replaced, the engines along with the gearboxes, prop shafts, skegs and props. The Yanmar dealer did a fabulous job on the repower - it was an efficient and professional fit up.

You could not believe the difference. The power had gone up from 190 hp per engine to 230 hp per engine with top speed leaping to 33 knots. An 83% increase in speed was accompanied by a decent saving in fuel consumption, plummeting to just 11.52 litres per engine per hour.

Thanks to the Yanmar engines, I am now saving heaps at the fuel wharf and can now travel much further on the 750 litres of fuel on board.

Out on the ocean these engines are just beautiful to use. They idle well down low for trolling, are smooth through the range and there's no hint of black smoke. When you lean on the throttles, you can feel the turbos kick in and then you're off with a big surge of power!

All up, I am a very happy Yanmar owner."

Kerry Chancellor
"Jennifer E"

Yanmar delivers for me.