Aegir-Ran has been without a working engine since its Westerbeke 35C seized up earlier this year. After a two month effort, she has been repowered with a Beta Marine 38. After removing the transmission of the Beta, it was lifted into the cockpit.
Because of the hard dodger, it was necessary to manhandle the engine into the companionway, where I had constructed a gantry crane to lower it into the galley.
The engine was lowered onto a platform I had built in the galley, which was the right height to slide the engine onto the rails.
Despite a model of the engine had been built, it was necessary to modify the brackets for the engine mounts to properly align the transmission with the prop shaft. After completing the electrical and plumbing the engine, we found it fired up instantly.
