After three days of effort, Omar and his brother removed the genset today. This is a huge relief. Since it was already removed from the engine room and the heavy equipment was in place, they also removed the primary engine from the boat and took it to their shop for servicing. We are taking advantage of an empty engine room to do some work, including installing a dripless shaft seal, installing LPG lines and a tank locker for the new propane stove, maintenance the water generator, and relocate the batteries. Omar will reinstall the engine next month.
Engine Moved
A Westerbeke 3 cyl. 5.0 KW was generator was installed in the Aegir-Ran about 2002. Not only was it a very poor decision to put 400 lbs of steel in the stern of the boat, as far as we can tell, it was installed during the rebuilding of the cockpit and dropped into the engine room before being fiberglassed in. There is very poor access to genset and consequently it is not possible to provide proper maintenance. Amazingly, only 50 hours have been put on the genset in twenty years, and we were told by the previous owner that it is “frozen.” Unfortunately, it is not possible to remove the genset with out first removing the primary engine. This was accomplished today by our diesel mechanic Omar with the help of his brother.
Aegir-Ran Moved to the Work Yard
We arrived in San Carlos on the auspicious date of 2-22-22 and the next day arranged to move our boat from dry storage to the work yard at Marina Seca to begin the first phases of its refit. We spent the rest of the day emptying the forward cabin and parts of the main cabin. The previous owner had left behind all of their possessions, including their clothes.
The Adventure Begins
Our Alejuela 38 has been purchased and is currently on the hard in San Carlos, Mexico.