The Engine Room

March 6, 2015

The engine room is a veritable anatomical maze which contains many of the vital inner workings of the boat.  It houses the Yanmar 4JHE 44 horsepower engine, the Westerbeke 5 KW generator, 3 4 D AGM batteries, the controller for the solar panels, the sump pump for the aft shower, a manual bilge pump,  the air conditioner and reverse cycle heat, the inverter, a small hot water heater, access to the backside of the electrical panels, the fuel tank selector and probably other things whose acquaintance we have not yet made. 

engine room

Relatively speaking the engine room is huge.  Think "walk-in closet". The main entrance is through a door in the companionway between the salon and the aft cabin.  You can climb in and get up close and personal with everything housed there.  The whole room appears stuffed full of all sorts of mysterious things: hoses, wires, strange looking equipment etc.  But not so stuffed that there isn't enough room to deal with required regular servicing of equipment and those dreaded repairs as they might arise.