Tips on removing an inboard

[dylanwinter]

You might like to consider having the sides of the outboard well lip bevelled upwards from the outboard clamps, in order to retain a reasonable margin of safety when the boat is heeled.

brilliant suggestion

not thought of that

 

[pvb]

You might also like to consider taking dancing lessons as, with an outboard well taking up a good chunk of the cockpit sole, you'll need to be nimble footed.

 

[dylanwinter]

You might also like to consider taking dancing lessons as, with an outboard well taking up a good chunk of the cockpit sole, you'll need to be nimble footed.

The Seafarer was 15 ft 6 inches with a cabin for four(apprently)

the slug was 18 foot long


half a centaur cockpit is still bigger than a clear slug cockpit

pleased to know that we are now sweating the small stuff

D

 

[rhumlady]

The engine will come out through the cockpit sole which I believe is removable on the Centaur. You have taken this into account when planning the well haven't you?

 

[josephmoore]

If it's that one with a knackered rig and MD11C in Southampton that someone posted up, don't forget to get some quotes for transporting it up to Scotland, unless you're going to start again Turning Right!

If the well is shallow, surely the best option (provided the water stays out of the cockpit) is to just use a short shaft - it'll be that tiny bit lighter to lift out too.

 

[Bilgediver]

I knew there was something worrying me deeply about Dylan's obsession with removing the horsepower from a Centaur (with apologies if another insomniac has come up with the same concern) He could not have found a less appropriate vessel.

I suspect that like the Pageant he will have to fit a transom rudder....Now he needs to ask the question. How do I reinforce the transom????

The cockpit is going to become pretty small and the outboard head will be very close to the tiller even of a transom rudder on a Centaur.

Plenty of Centaurs on the Forth for him to check out next month

 

[dylanwinter]

I suspect that like the Pageant he will have to fit a transom rudder....Now he needs to ask the question. How do I reinforce the transom????

The cockpit is going to become pretty small and the outboard head will be very close to the tiller even of a transom rudder on a Centaur.

Plenty of Centaurs on the Forth for him to check out next month

having to change the rudder will be a project killer

changing the tiller - not so hard

D

 

[pvb]

I suspect that like the Pageant he will have to fit a transom rudder....Now he needs to ask the question. How do I reinforce the transom????

The cockpit is going to become pretty small and the outboard head will be very close to the tiller even of a transom rudder on a Centaur.

I don't think a transom-hung rudder would be required. The location of the outboard well will depend on whether the boat is an early one with an unsupported spade rudder, or whether it's one of the later ones with a skeg-hung rudder.

 

[Twister_Ken]

How to get the diesel out?

Easy.

Chop a hole in the bottom, let it fall out.

Use hole to build an outboard well.

Problem solved.

Brilliant.

 

[Searush]

I removed the MD2b a few times from SR on my own & with help - put it back as many times too.

Remove the flywheel, gear box & head to make it a tad easier to manage. Mine would not fit thro the cockpit sole hatch so I moved it forward as far as I could with support from the boom thro the sole hatch & then transferred the tackle to the engine thro the main hatch. Lift it, push it into the saloon & then lift out thro the main hatch.

 

[Horace]

How to get the diesel out?

Easy.

Chop a hole in the bottom, let it fall out.

Use hole to build an outboard well.

Problem solved.

Brilliant.

Then use it as an anchor.I feel another anchor thread coming on,Is it better or worse than a Rocna?

 

[JumbleDuck]

How to get the diesel out?

Easy.

Chop a hole in the bottom, let it fall out.

Use hole to build an outboard well.

If he makes the hole long enough and wide enough he can fit opening doors to it and use his Centaur to host a couple of mini submarines. Then all he has to do is steal a couple of nuclear bombs and hold the world to ransom, à la Emile Largo. I believe that ominously fluffy white cats are readily available from rescue centres.

 

[Twister_Ken]

If he makes the hole long enough and wide enough he can fit opening doors to it and use his Centaur to host a couple of mini submarines. Then all he has to do is steal a couple of nuclear bombs and hold the world to ransom, à la Emile Largo. I believe that ominously fluffy white cats are readily available from rescue centres.

Trouble with that scenario is you end up being dismembered by Daniel Craig.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Trouble with that scenario is you end up being dismembered by Daniel Craig.

Nah, Sean Connery. Twice.