They Yanked The Engine Yesterday

Let's see, today is Thursday.  Time goes by so quickly!

Tuesday, I pulled the Genset out of the engine room.  For the uninitiated, the engine on this boat weighs about 475 lbs.  The genset is about 225lbs.  The engine room is 32" long, 25" wide and about 48' high.  The engine compartment was divided into upper 1/3rd and lower 2/3rd.  I had to remove just a ton of tools and spares from the upper compartment, remove all of the flooring to the upper compartment, remove the bulkhead - fortunately all of this was designed to be removed - and then stuffed it all into half of the cabin!  What a disaster!  Renne' is not happy with me.  Then I had to disconnect all of the hoses and electrical connections, unbolt the genset, attach a block and tackle to the roof of the compartment and lift the genset out onto the floor.  Then I transferred the block and tackle to the boom and lifted the genset out to the cockpit, then readjusted the position and lifted and transferred it over to the dock. 

The engine is another story.  I let them do it.  It took 6 hours for them to pull the engine out of the engine compartment.  We left about that time, headed for Houston.  So they would have pulled it out of the cabin using a cherry picker crane.  Their instructions are to mount the engine, remove the head and the oil pan, then call the marine surveyor to come do his inspection to determine if the problem occurred because of my inactions or the engines failure.  We will find out more before the end of the week we hope.  The engine will be delivered by the middle of next week and we hope they will continue working today on replacing the exhaust system.

We are exhausted from this.  But as the saying goes:  This too will pass!!

Hey, See you on the docks this week for sundowners

JonNe'