Was this issue fixed in the MkII?
@KG
No.
Yes.
It depends on what you are referring to.To this day, Westerbeke/Universal STILL uses RV plugs on its engines and will probably never do away with them. There are other harness issues not as serious on the current Westerbele/Universal harnesses.
When CTY revised the engine panels in the '80s to eliminate the ammeter it also changed the charging scheme, but the harnesses were not changed significantly and the power to the cockpit panel was not fused. There are thousands of Catalinas out there with dangerous, unfused harnesses.
This is not new info -- I have ranted about this for years.
When Westerbeke bought Universal Motors and produced the "A" engines (eg, M-25XPA) it
changed the charging and harness schemes. The harness is fused (circuit breaker) on "A" and "B" engines (eg, m-25XPA, m-25XPB, etc.)
If anyone doesn't know how their harness is run, or what's on it, or if it is fused then they don't know very basic things about their boat and they should before they step foot on the water.