SOLAS certified engines (Inboard and Outboard)

Daniel Smith · 16 March 2011, 07:08

Hi guys,

I want to know about the companies which are manufacturer of SOLAS approved Inboard or Outboard Engines?

please tell me if anyone knows about it

good day

Steve_B · 16 March 2011, 08:26

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but SOLAS applies to the safety equipment you carry (life jackets, liferafts, flares ... ) and general construction , operation/maintainance and procedures, but not the mechanical bits like engines.

Zippy · 16 March 2011, 08:27

i know Steyr do SOLAS certified engines. their agent in the UK is Mitchel power products http://www.centraldriveline.co.uk/

not sure who steyr's rep in Mexico is tho.

Dirk Diggler · 16 March 2011, 14:21

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Originally Posted by 250kts

Forgive me if I'm wrong, .

Your forgiven, as the motor has to conform to solas. No good being a life/rescue boat if your motor ain't up to it

Turbodiesel · 16 March 2011, 17:21

Mercury and Mariner and Yanmar have a large range of Solas engines.

willk · 16 March 2011, 18:41

What makes an engine a SOLAS engine? If you get my drift...

Dirk Diggler · 16 March 2011, 18:43

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Originally Posted by willk

What makes an engine a SOLAS engine? If you get my drift...

A certificate

willk · 16 March 2011, 18:46

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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

A certificate

And for which specific mechanical qualities do they award this Certificate?

Dirk Diggler · 16 March 2011, 20:05

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Originally Posted by willk

And for which specific mechanical qualities do they award this Certificate?

Starting and stopping mainly

willk · 16 March 2011, 20:10

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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

Starting and stopping mainly

Both, presumably, at the appropriate juncture. From your enlightening responses, I deduce that you are almost as acquainted with the minutiae as I am...

Steve_B · 16 March 2011, 20:19

Told you I might be wrong. However, I dont recall ever seeing an engine with a SOLAS sticker on it or anywhere in the documentation. If the SOLAS requirement is to start/stop, then evry new engine must be SOLAS, otherwise it would be unfit for purpose for any boat, let alone SOLAS.
When we had ours coded, I did not see any reference to the engines being SOLAS?

Dirk Diggler · 16 March 2011, 20:50

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Originally Posted by 250kts

Told you I might be wrong. However, I dont recall ever seeing an engine with a SOLAS sticker on it or anywhere in the documentation. If the SOLAS requirement is to start/stop, then evry new engine must be SOLAS, otherwise it would be unfit for purpose for any boat, let alone SOLAS.
When we had ours coded, I did not see any reference to the engines being SOLAS?

Feck me, get a life!!!!!!

As far as can recall, the main requirement for a SOLAS approved motor is for it to be able to be restarted after a capsize. There's other requirements too, but I've not been involved in it for many years.

Perhaps you've been reading the wrong documentation!

C-NUMB · 16 March 2011, 20:59

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Originally Posted by Daniel Smith

Hi guys,

I want to know about the companies which are manufacturer of SOLAS approved Inboard or Outboard Engines?

please tell me if anyone knows about it

good day

Hi, here one example: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/...e-boats-582573

Turbodiesel · 16 March 2011, 21:05

Must have 2 methods of starting is one of them!, Must be able to dry run for a certain amount of time and still pump water through the impeller.
Start at certain temps below freezing.

Inboards need to start in very cold weather, have dry running pumps, be able to run with water upto crankshaft level cant remember the rest but we used to do Solas testing for Mercury and Yanmar.

Mercury/Mariner engine with Solas certs are..

25hp, 30hp, 40hp, 60hp and 90hp 2 stroke only.

No 4 strokes have solas approval yet

Also see this thread!

http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22045

willk · 16 March 2011, 21:19

Thanks T-D, that's most illuminating. Hopefully Di*k *iggler appreciated that as much as I did

Steve_B · 16 March 2011, 21:25

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Originally Posted by C-NUMB

Hi, here one example: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/...e-boats-582573

Thanks for that, I now understand and will get on with my life, as apparently I dont have one!

spartacus · 16 March 2011, 21:32

Here's a Solas lifeboat. Just about the most plug-ugly thing I've ever seen. But hey, it's 'Solas Approved'!

More details here: http://www.mackay-marine.co.uk/

Anchorhandler · 16 March 2011, 22:10

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Originally Posted by spartacus

Here's a Solas lifeboat. Just about the most plug-ugly thing I've ever seen. But hey, it's 'Solas Approved'!

More details here: http://www.mackay-marine.co.uk/

Plug-ugly until the time comes you need to use it in anger and believe me, nothing will look so beutifull!

There is a whole other world out there involving rules and regulations more specifically aimed at the commercial sector which a lot of people would not understand (or want to for that matter!) but believe me, no matter how strange or illogical some of the regulations seem, they have been put into place for a very good reason. Sadly, quite a few of them have been concieved through hindsight rather than pro-activeness but they are they serve their purpose never the less.

Simon

Dirk Diggler · 16 March 2011, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Turbodiesel

No 4 strokes have solas approval yet

Nobody told these guys that..... http://www.rescueboats.nl/index.php/engines

Turbodiesel · 17 March 2011, 11:51

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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

Nobody told these guys that..... http://www.rescueboats.nl/index.php/engines

Yeah, these four stroke have not been done by Yamaha, they have been done by a local ish company.