Great work on GG! That hull color is a knock out. Morris Yachts has a way of bringing a lot of subtleties together to make one stunning boat. It looks like you have the same knack. The only bad thing I can see is it is a looooong wait until summer in this latitude.
My home has a keel.
Last weekend I started the repower project. Earlier I removed the fairing over the propeller window. I was really pleased to discover that the hull mold and rudder for the boat were originally built for an inboard then modified for outboards. I just had to remove fairing skin on the hull and a block in the rudder and I had my window. Last weekend I cut a window in my cockpit floor to make the engine installation a whole lot easier. I did not re-core the cockpit floor (though it was needed) when I did the rest of the deck work in anticipation of this project. After I removed the cockpit floor I had easy access to hull and the liner. I cut back a little of the liner, dug out the foam, marked the center of the propeller opening then drilled a hole for a fiberglass stern tube. So far so good.
Cockpit Floor with access window cut out
Liner cut back to expose foam where prop shaft will enter
Center of prop window marked for drilling
Drilled for stern tube
Stern tube fitted in place
This weekend I'll build and align the engine bed.
As promised - a couple of pics of the cockpit before I cut out the window for the engine installation.
Wow, talk about bring back memories! Your pictures remind me of what I went through to convert Destiny into an inboard. But I did not cut the floor out of the cockpit. I can however see how that would make the job massively easier.
JERRY CARPENTER - C147
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