Boom removes engine!!!

[J. Fred Bear]

If you're wondering how to get that 300 lb hunk of iron atomic 4 out of your Pearson... (Pearson 28 in this case)
and on to the dock without sinking you, your Pearson sailboat, the dock, and
your economic future
We used the boom.

It really works. We ran an extra line from the aft end of boom....up over the
spreaders....and down to the foward anchor cleat on the bow.

then we (three old guys) fastened a come-along on the boom...directly over the main companionway. There should be a liftin eye on the engine...near the alternator...if not...we used a sling made from thick ropes (sorry...I mean
"lines").....
Attached another comealong to the portion of the mast that s inside the cabin
(like a fireman's pole. Used both come-alongs to alternately pull engine
foward (from the "engine room") and up from the cabin soul...I mean sole.

We got the thing up level with the gunwales of the cockpit.....and swung the
boom over...above the dock...and let it down on a piano dolly (plywood square on casters)

I expected the whole thing to come crashing down ....through the bottom....
and bury itself in the marina mud...as the boat sank....but it didn't happen.


It works....turned out to be the easiest part of the "Installing the new rebuilt engine project"

(Putting in the "new improved exhaust system " was another matter!!!!

(reminded me of World Wrestling Federation ; Me versus the exhaust pipes, tubes,
muffler etc. and they were winning for a while !!!!)

good luck.....hell...If a 67 year old retired teacher with no mechanical experience can do it....you can too!!!

Old Fred

[rpn59]

Watch that Boom

If I may make a suggestion, be careful on how you 'load' a boom, they were not designed for pulling engines neither are the spreaders. A halyard that goes to the top of the mast is more appropriate; and the closer you can get that line to lifting point on the boom the less stress will be on the boom it self ( at least the bending moment). I,m glad it work out for you and it probably helped that the A-4 is relatively light. Some diesels can be 2,3,or 4 times as heavy.