Does anyone have the UK Freedom 30 Cat Ketch engine bearer dimensions they could share with me? I need to replace my ageing VP MD7A with a more modern, more powerful engine. I’ve read that the Beta 16 is an easy swap but they are hard to find 2nd hand in the UK, and it looks like the Yanmar 2GM20 engine requires wider engine bearers, so I’m looking around for what else might fit
Update: I was wrong about the width of the Yanmar 2gm20 (as on some US Freedom 28s) engine mounts. They are only 10 mm wider apart than the original Volvo Penta MD7A, so it maybe that the US and the UK versions of the freedom 28/30 cat ketch used the same engine bearers. Has anyone replaced a VP MD7A with 2 GM 20 Yanmar?
My freedom 30(28) built in Hamble had Volvo md7. When that engine and transmission died my brother built a new pan and engine mount for the Yanmar 2YM15. Tight fit on the alternator/ port side.
Thanks for that. When you say new pan I’m not sure what you mean - do you mean a new sump?
It’s a shame new engine mounts were needed - I was hoping that as the dimensions appear to be very similar, it would be an easy swap. MD7A /2YM15 mounting points are 360/370 mm width, 225/258mm length.