Generator Removal

Wow, that was one heavy diesel generator. We worked for about an hour disconnecting wires and generally practicing contortionist moves in order to unscrew and unbolt the thing from the boat. Then we had to drag it out onto the bed. Of course, it was too big to remove from the boat attached to its casing. So we had to unattach the casing, with the help of Lee (prospective buyer). Then Lee and I carried it to the gangway, were we tied a line to it and used a block on the boom to hoist it out of the cabin and into the cockpit. From there, we hoisted it higher, brought the boom over and dropped it on the dock. OK, it wasn't nearly that easy and this entire process took most of the day. That generator probably weighed less than 200 pounds, but not a lot less.