Nicholson 38 Owners Group | David Phillips | Activity https://nicholson38.org/members/caolila22/activity/ Activity feed for David Phillips. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:16:54 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b804bf43ddea58ca325dbaeb81710b6e David Phillips replied to the topic Beta 43 Engine, Perkins 4.108 bits.... in the forum Engine https://nicholson38.org/forums/topic/beta-43-engine-perkins-4-108-bits/#post-27574 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:24:15 +0000 Hi Marilyn,

I’m suddenly doubting myself. You refer to your 4.108 as the original engine. I thought the 4.107 was the original engine, and the 4.108 must therefore be the second engine in my boat. Caol Ila is Hull No. 22 and launched in 1969, so it is a reasonably early boat. Maybe the earlier and later boats had different engines. Or, maybe, I’m…Read more

]]> 3c7f87bf58acaf62b55b3c922e1a14d3 David Phillips replied to the topic Beta 43 Engine, Perkins 4.108 bits.... in the forum Engine https://nicholson38.org/forums/topic/beta-43-engine-perkins-4-108-bits/#post-27573 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:16:26 +0000 Hi Kev,

This was my question (and concern). I wanted to replace a 50 hp engine, and lots of people were scratching their heads and saying I didn’t need an engine that big, I didn’t need to spend that much money, or that I didn’t need to buy a new engine at all. As Marilyn’s post above demonstrates, some people can make the engine last forever. I…Read more

]]> fce813c555ba89deec38d971d041074d David Phillips replied to the topic Beta 43 Engine, Perkins 4.108 bits.... in the forum Engine https://nicholson38.org/forums/topic/beta-43-engine-perkins-4-108-bits/#post-27556 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:20:05 +0000 I’m joining this conversation about 10 years late, but following an incident in St George’s Channel between Wales and Ireland that resulted in a 6 1/2 hour tow from a volunteer lifeboat crew, who were dragged away from their homes for what was a 9 hour operation for them, I’m also considering replacing my Perkins 4-108 with a Beta 43 and wonde…Read more

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