What to do on a rainy day

Today's project was to cut a bigger hole in the galley floor to get the new generator in.  Ray did a great job at that and was done early.  Being a rainy day in Demopolis, there was not much that could be done.

So why not tackle getting the old generator out?  Ray thought he had all the logistics worked out for us to be able to do it ourselves.  As you can see, there is also the holding tank that is an obstacle.

So here is the apparatus that Ray came up with.  Two boat chocs and one 4" x 4" that were laying in the boat yard.  We brought the short length of chain from Murphy, but all we had for a hoist was the pulley system we use to lift the dinghy onto the swim platform.  We tried that first, but Ray got nervous on the first pull when the rope stretched quite a bit.  Bob, the neighbor two boats over offered to let us barrow whatever we needed to do this job, so we got a come along from him.  Obviously it worked.  We got the generator up out of the hole, then laid a couple 2" x 4"s on the galley floor for it to rest on over the hole while we raised the boat chocs so we could get it up the step onto the salon floor.  We covered the carpet with old towels and sheets just to keep it from getting too dirty since we are still living on the boat, but we do plan to replace the floor covering after the new engines and generator are installed.  For now though, we are living with a plywood galley floor.

Success on getting the generator up to the salon floor level.  Now all we have to do is get it up those stairs and out the door.

Using 1" x 6"s and 2" x 4"s, we slid it along with Ray pushing and Linda running the pulley.  When the shop opens tomorrow, we will be finding out how soon they can come lift it off the aft deck for us.  If it is not soon enough, we plan on using the same system to slide it out and down ourselves.