Today was the first official day of the project and it got off to a great start.  Both engines were pulled out and sitting on the deck by 10am.

 

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We pulled out the thru-hulls (because those are getting changed) and got started cleaning out the engine rooms.  The cleaning is probably going to take several days.  I tried to get the shafts out, but have not been able to get the couplings off yet.  It rained all afternoon, which put a damper on the day’s overall progress.

 

I rescheduled the engine delivery because of the rain, and my doubt about being able to find a certain forklift operator on a rainy afternoon.  I also realized there wasn’t a rush to get the crane here to do the swap until the engine rooms were ready.  The new engines are better off in their crates until then.