''BMW at Play "

Robert Lundstrom's Swedish wonder.
BMW 4.0 litre V8 power
 

Hakan Nilsson BMW Alpina 31 at speed.

Roy Burrell in Brunei

Alain Bougeard

Bart Schuttevaer & Son

Malaika is a 77' World cruiser. A Pilot house sloop she is of Kelsall Design and was built in Germany. Her auxiliary generator is powered by our favourite engine, the BMW 3 cylinder D50.

She was sold in 2003 by Bob Carson of Southern Trades. Southern Trades is located in the Caribbean in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. See www.southerntrades.com

Bill Boyd P. Eng
  Had a great career in the industry. He built this aircraft by hand. Now at V12 Waco he rebuilds BMW D12 engines. You can "Drop in" on Bill and Ruth outside of Waco Texas,  just don't park your plane in the Texas "Blue Bonnets"

Hans Christian in California

Many 38' and 41' Hans Christians and Sister ships the Lord Nelsons came originally equipped with the best of the BMWs, the D50-2

Doug Pope's S2 7.9 sailing on Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio, USA.
Auxiliary Power:  BMW D7

 "In sailing competition with other S2's, those without a motor have an unfair advantage over those with BMW  D7's on board." rl

Bonners Ferry
 'The fine art of Negotiating'

Somewhere north of Spokane, WA and Couer d'Alene, Idaho,  to 'go fishing for Steelhead' requires negotiation and compromise. Chuck and Nancy Guthrie have mastered the art. Chuck gets to enjoy fishing from his GlasPly with his BMW B130 and Z-Drive,  and wife Nancy gets to enjoy her hobby.  Nancy writes : ". . . latest venture.....this breed of horse is called the Gypsy Vanner, imported from Europe a few years ago. There are only a few hundred in the lower 48, which means they are . . . . attainable . . . " 
Hopefully, sooner or later, we all have our 'Paradise'. Chuck and Nancy have theirs. rl

Howard Skead Port: New Westminster BC, Canada

  Does it get any better ?

  Hinckley, Sparks & Stevens, BMW

Jón Thorberg Jensson has a BMW 2 cylinder D35-2 diesel in his boat.

In the background is Iceland. And we pictured seeing ice instead of lush green meadows ?

Hi Richard,

    I am replacing a 1927 twin cylinder Albin (Swedish) 12 hp Petrol Motor in my 100 year old 20' carvel hulled "putt-putt" . I found a D35 complete with heat exchanger, gearbox, harness, panel for $ 2250.00 Australian Dollars. I didn't know that BMW made marine motors and being a BMW driver (22 year old 523i) the advert caught my attention. I found your WEB site, appears to be nothing in OZ, read all I could on your site and decided to check this beasty out.

    I paid the seller, a restorer of old engines. a visit to discover one very nice bit of engineering. It has done 600 hours and appears to be in excellent condition. He set up a small mower tank of diesel above it and it started first go and sounded very sweet (for a diesel w/o a muffler). I negotiated a price and we shook on the deal.

 He was asked to sell this by the widow of a recently deceased mate who was just about to drop it into his yacht. Such is life !  I'll try to get it into my boat before I drop!
     
Bruce Perry
Avalon Beach, Sydney, Australia

Albert Santucci owns this immaculate Coronet Weekender 21'. This is the original sales photo from when it was new.

Albert advises :   " It is back in great shape as you can see. Especially with the brand new BMW B130 & Z Drive. Hope all is fine and smooth for you and family. God bless and regards, Albert. "

 If you are ever in Malta, Albert owns an Antique store there.

We have another 3 or 4 sail boater owners on the Island Nation of Malta with BMW auxiliary engines.