Making a start fitting the engine in the picnic boat

The engine is a good fit between the two remaining thwarts with just enough room to lower the engine down lower enough to run the exhaust pipe under the aft thwart 

There is not going to be much clearance under the engine however, there is going to be reinforcement under the engine  when the inner keel is refitted and glassed over and the engine beds are glassed into the boat.

A neat and tight fit when it is fitted