This morning's work went well. I set up a support structure and lifted the engine. The two forward engine mounts had to be lowered which amounts to sawing the mount bases off the hull and making two new ones. Thankfully, the two aft mounts have room to drop without modification of the bases. I fabricated two new bases for the forward mounts that I will epoxy and tape into place. Drop the engine back down and call this bit of jiggling complete. The new mounts to be bonded to the hull are simple (and upside down in the photo).

I know I discussed the mounts previously, but this is the single most insane design for stuffing an engine into the bilge that I have ever seen. The original Westerbeke was hung on the aft end from long steel straps with the engine mounts at the level of the top of the engine. You can see the mounts in the photo - the port mount is just under the dry riser and the starboard mount is next to the end of the heat exchanger. The forward mounts were long arms attached to the hull well forward of the engine supporting the Westerbeke in a cantilever fashion. Sparkman & Stephens must have thrown an engine in the plans at the last minute. This thing is "kluged" in the best engineering tradition.