Fitting a Yanmar and Aquadrive

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Engine installation:

The engine arrived in a packing crate - I took the top off it and slid it up a scaffold plank onto the edge of the cockpit. With some support under the boom and a small ratchet pulley we swung it over the companionway and lowered it down. The quoted dry weight is 71 kg (156 lbs) - a bit too much for one person to manage, but ok with two of us and the ratchet winch.

yanmar 1

yanmar 2

yanmar 3

Mildly annoying was the discrepancy in the dimensions internally - the engine sits on the centre line of the hull to within a millimetre or two (as far as I can tell). However, the internal mouldings for the berths are different, with the edge of the port berth being closer to the centre than the starboard berth. This is why the gap each side of the engine beds looks a bit off. On the plus side, there is a lot more room around the engine than I originally imagined - it should be easy to service with a lift-off engine box. It extends forward about 90mm further than the original companionway steps

Yanmar 4

(More of this to follow - work in progress Feb 12th, 2007)

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