Dave,

I love the Isuzu -- solid, quiet, and reliable. Everything is pretty
accessible. The model is the "marinized" QD-60. The engine
compartment on the pilothouse is pretty different from the regular
"trunk cabin" Panda/Baba, so I'm not sure about the fit. In the
pilothouse, the engine compartment is under the salon table and sole,
which seems like it might be a little forward of the "regular"
design. There's plenty of room around the Isuzu on Cantata. The
engine was in the boat when I bought it 11 years ago so I don't know
what they went through to install it, but they re-used the original
Volvo transmission. I pulled the shaft when I had a Max-prop
installed, and I've replaced two of the motor mounts. It seems like
alignment isn't a problem.

I had a problem with the engine overheating a while back. We traced
it down to a restriction in the raw water cooling -- in the Volvo
transmission. We blew out the ports to the water jacket on the
transmission with a garden hose, and had no further trouble.

John
s/v Cantata, 1982 Panda 40 PH

On Mar 12, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Dave Lewis wrote:

> I hear good things about the Isuzu diesel, and interested in the
> model and how well it fits in the engine compartment?
>
> Dave
> S/V Bella
> Ensenada, BC, Mexico
>
> On 3/12/07, John Gordon Hill <jghill@hillfilm.com> wrote:
> We sailed our Panda 40 into Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle at 10:30 at
> night with 18 knots of wind when the Isuzu diesel suffered a mechanic-
> induced shutdown. (Amusing little oversight, less amusing at the
> time). I had radioed the marina with my predicament and they
> instructed me to tie up at the end of the last dock just inside the
> breakwater. They'd be there. Furled the jib, timed dropping the
> main to ghost up to the dock -- no one there. My 13-year-old son
> hopped off to throw a line around a cleat big enough to slow a
> battleship, and the thing came right up in his hands. Bolting it
> down was still on somebody's to-do list. The look on his face was
> something, though. I leapt off and we both threw lines around the
> pilings and muscled the 15-ton displacement to a stop. No points for
> style, but hugs and high-fives all around anyway.
>
> John Gordon Hill
> s/v Cantata, 1982 Panda 40 PH
>
> On Mar 12, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Rick Williams wrote:
>
> > I agree. I tend to forget these rules as I keep Lorac in a slip
> > that I own is in a private marina where we have no rules except
> > that you maintain the property if you damage some else's property,
> > you pay for the damages. Many marina's do have rules which would
> > restrict sailing into a slip, often due to past experiences. Many
> > also restrict dropping an anchor in the slip ways. Scenario; my
> > engine just died and I can't drop my anchor as it is against the
> > rules.
> > Fair winds, blue water.
> > Rick & Terry Williams
> > S/V Lorac; Baba 30 # 71
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonadora" <
> sonadora@sail2live.com>
> > To: <baba-l@ballreich.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:29 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Baba-L] Engine re-power
> >
> >
> >> And "It is a sailboat and I can sail it to a place..." is not
> >> always a good
> >> policy as the 'place' you're sailing to may not allow sailing
> >> into the
> >> marina. As bizarre as it sounds, many marinas do not allow sailing
> >> into the
> >> slip and my slap a fat fine on you for doing so. Of course, if you
> >> must do
> >> it, a fine is probably the last thing you care about.
> >>
> >> I know in our marina, given the funniest-home-video contenders who
> >> berth
> >> there, I'm glad it's not allowed.
> >>
> >> Rick Beddoe
> >> s/v Soņadora, 1978 Baba 30
> >> Minneapolis, MN
> >> http://sail2live.com
> >> ________________________________________
> >> From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-
> >> l@ballreich.net] On
> >> Behalf Of Richard B. Emerson
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 11:00 AM
> >> To: baba-l@ballreich.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Baba-L] Engine re-power
> >>
> >> On at least two occasions that come to mind, I've found that
> >> assumption
> >> lacking. One involved a broken prop shaft (in our Seafarer 26 -
> >> probably a
> >> defective shaft, aided by time, a poor design) that failed
> >> literally within
> >> sight of the marina. No wind and no hope of same - we were towed
> by a
> >> couple in a Donzi (v. interesting to see the Donzi try to stay at
> >> towing
> >> speed!). We have also sailed into anchorages on no engine or at
> >> least with
> >> an engine that wasn't going to operate well for very long; it is
> >> gratifying
> >> to see it really can be done. (<--- high irony content [wink])
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rick Emerson
> >>
> >> Rick Williams wrote:
> >> [... I]t is a sailboat and I can sail it to a place where parts
> >> and service
> >> are available.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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