The engine comes off the boat

Today, Snediker & I moved the engine to the floor of the boat bay. We set up TaySned’s staging aft of the cabin to starboard, and used it to support the end of an I-beam. The other end was set on a pillar against the south wall of the bay. A carriage on the I-beam allowed us to move the engine easily up from the cabin roof, across to the edge of the boat, and then to lower it to a wheeled crib on the floor. I asked Mike Horrigan to de-scale the engine with a needle gun.

The keel is nearly shaped, without the rabbet, still a little over-sized. Today I finished removing the old keel bolts, except for the one through Floor #34. Now we need to get cracking on the frame repairs.

Paul Connolly suggested a few additional tasks:

• Fabricate a bolt-on fairlead to lead the coolant hoses to the desired site around the transmission. · Improve the engine drip pan as needed.
• Check with Hansen Engineering for other routine replacement items on the engine, and for items which might be associated with the hot water heater installation