Great. Glad it could help. I learned how to do it from another KZfaq video.

Hey Mark. Glad you had a good time, despite the wind, weather, and grounding. I'm jealous. Can't wait to get my engine working soon so I can make the trip myself.

Thanks. My friends basically said, "Oh, we can just lift it off by hand." But I wanted to use tools and mechanical advantage to make it easy on ourselves and avoid injury or damage to the boat. I'm glad we went the route we did. I also watched a few videos that others had posted about this process. Made it much easier.

Cool. Great to hear. I'm looking forward to getting her out sailing way more often once the engine gets fixed and back on board.

I think I'm going to have to boat towed to a dock or boatyard nearby and have a crane drop the whole thing in at once, if it'll fit. Ideally, if the engine is running fine at the shop, I don't want to dismantle it and then reassemble it on the boat. I have both the hatch above the engine compartment and also the companionway door/hatch leading back to the cockpit, which affords me two possible avenues to have it placed in the boat fully assembled - again, if it'll fit once fully assembled. We'll see.

That's exactly what I'm going to find out from the shop. Before they do any work, they'll provide me an estimate and timeline. Once I have that, I can make a decision about rebuilding it, buying a different rebuilt engine, or repowering with a brand new engine. The block is pretty solid, as far as I can tell. Should have the estimate within the next few weeks.

Yes, I'm starting to plan how to deal with reinstalling the fully assembled engine. Will certainly be more difficult. Didn't know about Moxie at the sailing school. But I have seen a few other boats named Moxie, including a parasailing boat down in Key West, with the Moxie soda logo as its logo. Turns out it's not as uncommon as I had thought. If the engine I took to the shop can't be rebuilt, I'm exploring other options to get Moxie back out on the water ASAP.

@@SailingMoxie You could go with an outboard on a hydraulic kicker, but if yo need to repower consider Beta Marine diesels. They always work flawlessly compared to the yanmars and Volvo diesels I've seen. I received a quote from the nc beta Marine dealer a while back for a 39 up for about 13k with all the bells and whistles..I think it included the transmission and the higher charging alternator..also hot water fittings. You would likely need 50 hp or so. Likely about 16k. Your boat isn't heavy displacement so being on the small side isn't a crime. A good rebuild will do the trick given there isn't a lot of damage in the case. Also you might find a donor engine on one of those all of Craigslist searches. Hey at least your boat name makes sense. I had to tell a guy that bought his boat named, ”Thirty Seven Seas" what the name actually meant..that there weren't 37 seas around the world unless you went to your local Victoria's Secret...geezh...

Ha! That is an "interesting" boat name. I put the quotes because if you can't immediately understand the name of a boat, it may not be a good boat name. Thanks for the note on the Beta Marine diesels. I've seen the name. I'll have to look into them a bit. Currently waiting to get the estimate back from the shop to help guide my decision. They're "looking at it now."

Haha! Yeah, it looks like a pile of rust. But I think the shop may be able to rebuild it. Once we got it open, the connecting rod was bent like you saw, and the back of the piston on that cylinder was shattered where it connected. No damage to the cylinder, though, so far as I could tell. We'll see what the shop says about the possibility and cost of rebuilding it. Once I have that info I can make a decision on how to proceed in repowering Moxie. Gotta get that boat back on the water and out sailing.

@cheap cigs It's possible, though I'm not 100% sure. The engine clunked and stopped while at speed. However, when I had started the engine that morning at 2am for my trip, I started hearing a new clunking sound from the start and over many hours while I let it run before we throttled up for the trip. I had never heard that sound before. My belief is that the cylinder wasn't getting enough oil from start-up. I heard the clunking sound while it was running, checked and added oil, but the sound persisted until the engine stopped completely during the trip.

cheap cigs Yes, I had the engine rebuilt. Just had it installed in June and started taking the boat out in the last few weeks. Glad to be operational again.

We'll see if they can rebuild it - and for how much. My other options are buying a different rebuilt engine, or buying a new engine - both of which would be more costly for sure. I feel there's no harm in having the shop take a look and at least provide me an estimate. I think the engine core is pretty solid, it's just an old engine that needs a complete overhaul.

@@SailingMoxie with my experiences once they toss a rod your better off starting fresh

Good to know. I'll have the estimate from the shop in the next few weeks. In the meantime I'll do some research on engines that have thrown rods. I honestly don't know that much about the damage that can cause, beyond what I saw with my own eyes. Thanks for the heads up.