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Engine Control Panel With Zero Hours

When we turned the key for the first time, there was a small sense of relief as we heard the click of the pre-glow and complete joy as the engine came to life. The temptation to immediately leave the dock was overwhelming but it was late in the afternoon and we needed to stick around for another day to tie up a few loose ends with the boat yard.

Kurt from JH Motors, the Yanmar dealer in Tromso came by to see the installation and to pick up the old Perkins. We still don’t know what was wrong with the engine but hopefully some of the parts will be able to be reused. It was nice to be able to give the Perkins to someone who had been very supportive of our project. We have been doing business with JH Motors who supplies several marine products, since we first arrived in Tromso and they always work hard to make sure that we get what we need. Kurt was instrumental in getting the new engine delivered quickly and loaned us a chain hoist when the one provided by the yard turned out to be substandard.

It took us eight days to install the Yanmar after it had been placed on the pilot house floor. There were no major surprises, just a lot of work. Before we left the boat yard on Friday, Frances was told that the head mechanic had said “she had done a perfect job and was quite impressed”.  It was nice that the yard realized that were were not just difficult customers but it was even more important to us that we had met our own deadline of getting the job done in two weeks. Thirteen days after towing Snow Dragon over to the boat yard with the dinghy, she left under her own power and we returned to our mooring on Hakoya.  

For more photos please click on Boat Yard Album.