Engine Status on Saturday Afternoon

When I went to lock up the boat this afternoon I found evidence of progress during the partial (until 2PM) day of work.

It looks like Joel had gone a long way toward bedding the engine down.  I noticed that one of the engine mount bolts is missing, shown in this first photo of the port side of the engine.  Either there is a slight misalignment of the holes requiring a reaming out or he ran out of time.  Also shown in this photo is the result of quite a lot of chisel work that he was forced to do on the engine mount for one reason or another.  This area will have to be fiberglassed and painted.

This next photo shows the starboard side of the engine.  Note the great access to the oil and fuel filters.  Working off the plan my worst case estimates indicated a possible access problem that did not eventuate.

This front view shows how the engine is sited a bit farther forward than I would have liked, due to that still unexplained extra 3 inches on the new propeller shaft.  The cooling fluid reservoir will probably have to be repositioned to the surface at the rear left.

It looks like Joel had joined the couplers.

And the fiberglasser have fixed the plastic cover to the instrument compartment.  The job cannot be finished yet because I had to use a key to pry the plastic cover out.  The cover needs both a handle and a latch to keep it closed when I am heeled hard to starboard.