The engine mount fix step by step

Mounts in the box arrive ($700) plus we had our great mechanic Daryl with his son who helped install these.

From the box of 4...

To the installation...  Drew set up the halyard from the boom down to a hook on the engine entering from the galley.  The pulley came down through the companionway to a metal hook that is on the engine.  

 There are two nice metal loops on the engine so we can attach the chain to lift the front and back of the engine.

The aft cabin had to have some wooden supports set up (borrowed from Whitacar Boatyard) and purchased a 4x4 from Lowes to place over the engine. A chain system that Daryl brought hoisted up the back of the engine.  They could then slide in the engine mounts one at a time and bolt down each one.  Here's a picture of how to lift the back of the engine.

Wooden supports set up in aft cabin. We have been taking out and returning all of the mattresses and bedding every day as Drew has worked in this space.

 

Meanwhile Mazu and I took off in the dinghy for the island so we wouldn't be in the way.  The dinghy now works.  I haven't had it all year so there was no exploring or adventures this year.

We walked all the way around this nice uninhabited sandy beach island.  Here is Tweety anchored off the island.  The sailboat is anchored nearby.

This is one of Mazu's happy places.  Sorry the video of her running and jumping along the shore was too big a file.  Haven't figured out that one.

Around 5 we returned to the boys finishing up the job.  Here's a tool I need for some of the home and garden projects I can't do anymore by myself.  Daryl and his ratchet lifting tool.

And the engine mount is done!

Test sail soon.