The engine goes in

First thing this morning I managed another coat of varnish on the locker lids before the engine turned up in a friends trailer. It was a nice easy straightforward lift to get it in one of the great positives of centre cockpit boats lift out the cockpit floor and drop it straight in especially with heavier engines. On checking the alignment with the propeller shaft it looks pretty good the engine needs lifting by about 6mm a bit more than I had calculated but easily done with shims and at least its on the right side if the engine needed lowering it would have required the mounting plates to have been further recessed into the bearers.

Engine in place

Last Friday I removed the temporary cockpit drain hoses through the engine raw water opening and connected the drains to the sea cocks that will allow the engine raw water sea cock to be fitted.