Marlin lost no time in fixing the
mis-alignment. First they had to suspend
the engine over the engine bed.
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| Suspended engine |
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| Pullies, ropes and chains holding up the engine |
Needless to say the cockpit was
not very useable and it required a bit of acrobatics to get in and out of the
cabin. Then they cut through all that
wonderful solid fibre glassing to make the engine bed the correct height.
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| Reshaping the engine bed |
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| The piece they removed weighed a ton |
In two days they rebuilt, refiber glassed
and repainted the engine room floor to make a perfect engine to propeller shaft
coupling.
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| That's better |
Once the engine was in place it
took another four days or so to connect all the bits. There are 24 and 12 volt alternators for
charging the batteries. Hot water is
generated through the engine for hot showers.
The plumbing to water cool the engine needed to be hooked up and all the
electrical bits put in place – starter motor, control panel etc.
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| The finished product |
While the Marvellous Marlin Men in
Red were busy with finishing off the
installation, Bob checked the seacocks of which Songster really has too many.
Bob found two that were totally seized due to lack of maintenance and
needed replacing. The MMMR guys did this
gratis for us. What a job it was! It required some real brute strength. Nice to know that although the hull may seem
like a colander with its many through holes, the solid bits are very solid.
From start to finish the engine
removal and replacement took four weeks.
Although at times it seemed an eternity, we are very pleased with the professionalism,
friendliness and quality of the work done by the Marlin group.
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| Men at work |
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