This spring, I pulled the SVE12 from my Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30. It looked like a close fit going into the cabin. As it turns out, the motor must have been installed in pieces. The engine mouning tabs, alternator and starter had to be removed. Still an inch too wide to make it into the cabin. The motor and transmission had to be seperated, then all of the pieces lifted straight up into the cockpit through the cockpit hatch. The scariest part was after the engine block had cleared the cockpit and was being lifted clear through the standing rigging with the boatyard crane. Dangling 20 feet above my deck, I could just imagine what would happen if it came loose.....
All in all, a serious pain, but it's a one time deal. The new electric drive install is much more manageable.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, David Goldsmith <suntreader@...> wrote:
>
> Its an amazingly liberating feeling to have the big stinking, oily, hunk of
> iron removed from its disgusting cave. Getting that last coat of paint in
> the compartment after all the equipment is extracted and all the grim
> cleaned up is one of the best moments of going electric. Every time I climb
> aboard I'm struck by the complete lack of smell, even clean well cared for
> boats have a whiff of diesel in them; not in my boat!
>
>
> ... Getting an engine out is all about visualizing the space, where the engine
> has to move and in what sequence to get it up the companionway.... .
>
> On a previous boat with a single cylinder Yanmar SVE8, a buddy of mine and I
> just got our arms around it and picked it right up and out. Of course that
> was a small engine, I was an athlete and he was a solider, so we could do
> such a thing.
>
> All this talk has gotten me in the mood to pull an engine. Anyone need help
> in the North-Florida, South-Georgia area?
>
> David
>
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