Steve, Repowered last fall with Beta Marine 38. Wanted to be able to get easily accessible (reasonably priced) parts (Kubota). After a fall-winter-spring sailing Maine to Caribbean and back etc., the engine has 175 hours and so far is great. Couple of things: 1) They'll customize their mounts so it fits right onto the Perkins bed and 2) If I had it to do over again I would have gone with a Beta 35, which would have been more than plenty for my boat (Hood 38). Cheers, John