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It has been a long endeavor but the plan is to have the motors in next week !

Here a few pics of my engine removal. I build a lift in the boat and cradles for the engines.

Yes they will fit through the door. I removed the door to get mine out. However to ease the removal I also removed the heads off the engines.

Great Job ! And Well thought out !!

prowlersfish wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:49 am Looks like your doing some nice work .

Thanks for the compliment. Stringers and bulkheads are replaced. Now working on rudder system. And also will be having the fuel tanks reconditioned. As for the original water tank it also is getting reconditioned.

Looks like I will be purchasing the wire pins and collars.
Thanks Bob

I'm in need of pics of the rudder support beams. I have my old pics for reference. I'm replacing the old ones but I'm trying to figure out why there were blocks bolted to the side of the stringers for them to sit on? Why not just go across the stringers? Advise and thoughts would be greatly apprecia...

Great idea and Nice work. What did you use as flooring on the engine covers?

oil&water wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:21 pm Man, that is some terrific work! I had not visited the thread in a while and to see the work completed with the progress photos was incredible. Great job!

Thanks for the compliment. I have been prepping the new long blocks to replace the original tired 360's.
More updates and pics coming soon !

Well I got the stringers and bulkheads done and painted before mother nature turned the temperatures down.

More progress was made encapsulating the rear stringers under the aft deck ! Stringers are done and now moving on to patching and glassing the bulkheads.

Encapsulated more stringer sections over the weekend.

Smileybritton wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:12 pm Nice work! Looks great!

Thanks !! Its a slow process but progress is being made !

WayWeGo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:56 pm An option to using wood backing plates is G-10 (fiberglass) panels that can be epoxied to the hull just like wood. They never rot...

I like that idea !!!