SUnday

Sunday May 20

So not so simple a job after all. Got most of the drive attached / installed on Saturday. Went for lunch with Cheryl and Will [we met 2 years ago when Bentley [their Jack Russell] needed to go to visit the vet in Georgetown and we had a car so we gave them a ride, and I talked will into chairing the Reg.volleybll tournament]. We went to Sandollars...just across the bridge. Two hours of fun and catching up, but Bentley was tired from all his "yard-sale-ing" so he didn't come.  I had honey-bourbon Atlantic salmon with wild rice [not really --just brown rice] and Rick had prime rib sandwich and fries.  Lunch was so good we didn't need supper.

We came back to finish working and kept going until sunset. [Sometimes it's hard to tell when it's sunset because it won't stop raining!!] Rick re-set the patch on the dinghy and it seems better now. We also had to pull the motor forward so we could change the coupler…the old one was developing a wobble so we decided to use the new one. That took time for the two of us to move 200 lbs of engine 2 inches, lay on top of it to remove a small part; hook it back up to the drive; move the engine back and THEN do a re-alignment to within .25mm. on all of the motor mounts. 

TWO Pluses now…engine mounts are still good so no need to replace and drive is installed and may just need small adjustments but no repairs.

Negatives…we drilled new holes in the motor compartment so they will all need to be sealed!

Oh, another plus…we have both memorized the Sillette drive manual and the Yanmar manual again. LOL!

 Installing the drive lock set, drilling new holes and changing the location of battery switch, took lots of time today…because it's raining again…or still.  But now the hydraulic lift works. Next, we have to rig up a tension bar to hold the drive straight because this one DIDN'T come with an adjustable drive…it's supposed to hook up directly to the rudders. We will deal with that this winter when we re-set everything. Rick "McGyver" will fix it so it works.

Hopefully we will be finished today. If we get up at 6 am and start cleaning we might be able to launch by tomorrow afternoon and be on our way…again. Right now, I'm waiting for instructions on the next job. Already changed the oil in the engine. We need to finish adding oil to the drive but we have to wait because it's waiting it's raining so we don't want water to get in it.