Back to work on the Morgan Giles 30

After a bit of time away from The Morgan Giles 30 it is time to get on with a number of the jobs which are still to do on her over the winter months. Firstly get the stanchions and lifelines back in position so that we can work on the deck safely without out the risk of falling off the boat.

Another job that needed doing was to refit the rudder back in place so that the tiller block and other fitting could be refitted and any adjustments made to get the tiller and steering sorted so that the rudder was fitting on its bearing correctly.

The propeller shaft and propeller are now refitted and so that the engine installation can be started. 

The first job on the inside is to finish off fitting the parts that need to go in before the engine itself can be craned into position.

 

Starting to sort out this mess, then make sense of this.

First remove all the loose items to get to the bottom of the engine bay and make sense of what we have to sort out first.

Sort out what is any good and replace what is needed to be renewed with up to date equipment.

These fuel lines will need renewing with new copper pipes so that they are both the same size.

The photo above as one size and this fuel pipe is a different size.

Someone did a good job on the gear shift and throttle cables cutting them off with a pair of bolt croppers  

 

Fairline weekender in for her to engines to be put back in and the rest of the engine room to sort out.

Now that the Morgan Giles 30 as left the yard the cradle is being repurposed for our latest project, the refit the original engines back into this Fairline weekender. 

The boat safely on the cradle ready to be worked on over the next few weeks. 

The business end of the outdrives. these need a bit of work before these are ready to have the legs fitted back on to the boat.