Brain droppings of the boatstruck
So today I headed up there to check out the situation and start the work needed to pull the engine.
The picture above shows her port side; here's her starboard:
Here's the battered old engine and its battered old engine box:
And here it is after I removed the manifold, bulkhead, batteries, and battery box and disconnected everything from the engine.
I also removed the bolts connecting the output flange to the prop shaft and the engine mounting bolts. So there's nothing left holding the engine in - it's just sitting there, waiting to be hoisted out, which I'm hoping to do next weekend, but it's looking like that nasty obligation known as "work" might get in the way.
Vessel Name: | Grizabella |
Vessel Make/Model: | Pearson Wanderer 30 |
Hailing Port: | Mathews, VA |
Crew: | Anyone I can convince to come along with me |
About: | Family, friends, acquaintances. No sailing experience necessary! (It hasn't stopped me). |
Extra: | I am a hard-core do-it-yourselfer. Woodworking, metalworking, carpentry, sheetrock, trim and finish work, plumbing, wiring, roofing. I've got more tools than brains. And unlike my brains sometimes, I actually know how to use the tools! |