Engine back home

Spent the morning opening up a limber hole in the outer stringer next to the engine and adding new limber hole under the engine. It took about an hour to bore the hole through the stringer to get this in. The stringer is about 4-1.2" of solid teak which I was drilling a 2-1/4" hole through at an angle.
I made fiberglass tubes by wrapping wet 1708 fiberglass around a slit PVC pipe wrapped with wax paper. After the glass kicks you can usually slide the pipe out. After boring the hole I drive the fiberglass tube in and glue it in with resin and filer. That way the limber hole is completely sealed though the whole stringer. I made them big enough so hopefully they will not clog.

I painted the bilge under where the engine sits with MacroPoxy epoxy paint. This will seal the fiberglass so if any water sits in the bilge it will not seep into the hull. Also makes it a lot easier to clean. The entire engine room will be painted when I am done. Had to finish this painting last night so it would have time to cure before I moved the engine. It is of course already dirty, but a little vacuum action will take care of that.

Last job before moving the engine was to fit the floor piece in on the starboard side. Much easier to do when I could stand next to it before I moved the engine. The round cut out is a weep hole so water coming through the limber home in the outer stringer can drain under the floor board to the lower limber hole. The floor board is removable for cleaning.
The two posts you see the bottoms of are there to move the engine. They will be removed tomorrow.

And there she is...back in place. Still has all the lifting gear attached. I still need to align the engine tomorrow. It will be interesting to see the stringers are perfect....

As you can see the bell housing at the aft end of the engine just fits between the stringers. The shafts look to be aligned, but we will see tomorrow. I guess I will be lifting the engine and grinding some glass if it is not right.

Then it is on to the forward part of the engine room. First step will be to replace the last of the rotten plywood in the main stringer. Then I will add the 6 new layers of glass over everything....
I will also need to build the main stringers up to support the generator. they had it sitting on top of two
4 x 4s which is not very professional looking. I also hope to build an enclosure around the generator so it will need a bottom...