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!
Another poster made a good point about removing the engine with the boom. You've got to support the boom where ever the tackle is placed to pull the engine. If you've got the mainsheet set up to lift the engine or a comealong or something like that you've got to run the main halyard from that point on the boom and tension it. The rig can take the weight, a few hundred pounds is well within its capability but you can bend the boom with a point load if you don't support it.
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. Often its got to come forward before it goes up so you've got to rig up to something forward in the interior to pull against with some rigging to get the engine forward. If it only has to go a short distance you can just take some weight up on the boom and then manhandle it forward. Definitely bring along some plywood and moving blankets and cover everything the engine might run into well then guide it up, once its being lifted its really pretty easy to shove it around.
I'll also add, be damn careful. Make sure your lifting tackle is in good shape, make sure you've thought completely through the motions for the engine to move, make sure you always know where your fingers are, don't crowd the boat with too many helpers, have an 'escape route' so you know which way you're going to step or duck to get out of the way if things start swinging, don't get under the engine at any time, and if you're in the water have someone keep a lookout for big wakes and give a shout so you can secure things. A few control lines from the engine to handlers to help stabilize it can help. I'll also mention I wear a hardhat, gloves, and safety glasses when I do this sort of thing now.
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
I sold my Perkins 4108 for about $2900 , but I had a yard owned by a friend and neighbor do the extraction... I was never so happy as to see that thing go out of the boat.. It has taken me all summer to clean out the 20 years of oil and grease.. and repaint the insides of my Moody 34
SkipOn Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Q Scott QSK <qskaye@gmail.com> wrote:
I sold my Perkins 4-108 (that was running at the time) for $1000 plus removal. I helped on the removal to make sure my boat wasn't trashed. We disconnected everything then with the tranny still attached used come-a-longs to hoist it up on a pipe strapped between two supports made from 2x4's we pulled it back into the salon and rested it on a wood frame on the saloon floor and moved the wooden pipe frame so that one end was out the forward hatch. Then using another come-a-long attached to the outside end of the pipe, we hoisted it up with the original come-a-long and pulled it forward and out the hatch with the other. Once on deck we did the same procedure to get it onto a dolly on the dock.>
While I sold if pretty cheap (the guy was a fellow 41 William garden design Ketch owner who needed an engine), it was worth it for me to have him also remove it.
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