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Engine is Out!
Finally we have managed to squeeze the engine out of the engine room and move it to her new home in the saloon. I have updated the Photo Album to include some of the photos I took during the move, and plan to include a write up on my (mis)adventures as well. More to come…
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Engine Teardown
I have started stripping the engine of all ancillary components in preparation to lift the engine out of the engineroom. So far everything has come out without a struggle. Here are a few pictures of the progress…
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Engine Rebuild Prep
In order to remove the engine and work on it onboard, I have removed the athwartships settee, and move it to a corner of the saloon. My decision to rebuild the engine came after deciding that the cost of having a boom crane come out to the house would just be prohibitively expensive. I received…
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We’re Still Not Ready!
With the help of family, and without further interruption from poorly timed snow, we started putting the cover back on Passages for the winter. I must say it sure doesn’t seem right to do all this work getting her covered up, and not get any sailing on her in this year.
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We’re Not Ready Yet!
Well, this weekend we were supposed to put the cover back on Passages for the winter. Unfortunately, mother nature decided we weren’t in the spirit of the coming winter season and dumped 5 inches of wet, heavy, snow on us.