Engine off...

I took the engine off of the boat and put it on the stand. It wasn't as heavy as I thought it was going to be. But there really is no good place to hold on to it where you have any kind of maneuverability. I must have looked like one of the Marx brothers trying to line up the clamps with the top of the stand.

I did make a mistake in the process. I should have taken off the cowl hood first. I caught a piece of the chrome on my jacket and bent it. It is held on by 3 plastic nuts on the inside that I can just pop off. I'll take off the piec of chrome, straighten it back out, and put it back. It shouldn't be too hard. I'm going to have to take several of the decorative pieces off in order to fix up the paint on the motor, anyway.

Today, I started on one of the windows. I scrped and sanded it down and put on the stain. Tomorrow, I'll be able to start varnishing it.