As Bob mentions it's no big deal other than "horsing" it forward to be
able to get a lifting line on it through through the hatch. I did it
on another boat. I had the yard crane lift it out and drop it into a
wood cradle that I had made onto the back of my station wagon and took
it home, skidded it off the car and rebuilt it. I think it cost me
about $35.
Dave Hoy
WYANOKEE #6295
Camden, Maine
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Hello and congratulations on your purchase.
I don't need the engine, but removing it (sounds) pretty simple. It
may still have the prop shaft attached, and it will have to be
disconnected. There should be four bolts holding it to the floor.
After it is disconnected, it needs to be removed <G>. It only weighs
a couple hundred pounds <VBG>. A block-and-tackle from the boom can
be used to lift it out of the cabin. A couple 2x4's can be used as
tracks for when it slides forward out of the engine room before being
lifted out.
Obviously, having the marina or someone else do it is easiest! It
might cost a couple hundred to do it, though.
Bob Mann
'85 C27, #5928
Windcatcher
myhomepages.comcast.net/sailrmann
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From: Henry & Lynn Colgan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> My husband and I recently purchased a 1975 Catalina 27. Although it
> was originally used with an inboard Atomic 4 gas engine, the
previous
> owners had put an outboard engine on it. (Apparently, after
spending
> some years on the hard in a marina and the engine compartment
became
> flooded when the cockpit drain became occluded with leaves, etc.)
>
> We would like to get the old Atomic 4 out of the boat.... Does
anyone
> here have any experience with this, or have suggestions? Is this
> something we can do ourselves, or should we take it to a marina?
>
> Assuming the engine is taken out, will we need to add some
ballast in
> the engine compartment to replac e some of the missing weight?
>
> One more question: is anyone out there interested in this motor
for re-
> building or parts - or know anyone who might want it? We'll be
glad to
> give it away just to be rid of it!
>
> (Our boat is docked near Rock Hall on the Eastern Shore.)
>
> Thanks for any advice....
>
> Henry & Lynn
> Chesapeake Bay
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
