UPDATE: We had our motor pulled...

The removal of our motor has begun!

Our last post we were still wondering when we were going to have our motor removed and rebuilt. Well, that day was last Wednesday.

Ben and a friend brought the boat over to the boat yard from our marina on Tuesday. The boat yard removed our rails on our port side and the door and framing around the door. This took most of the day as the framing was glued.

Why are we having our motor removed??? We have a cracked cylinder. This is a sleeve motor so Caterpillar is taking our block up to Tampa (as we are in Marathon) and going to diagnose what caused the problem. Next they will fix the problem, with a new sleeve or if they can't determine what caused this, we will be getting a new block. These motors (Caterpillar 3116 turbo) were rebuilt a year ago by Caterpillar and certified at 0 hours. We are so thankful this is covered under warranty AND that Caterpillar worked with us to make it as convenient as possible! It looks like we may have the motor back down here by mid-week, cross your fingers!

While the work is being done, we are in a boat yard directly across from our marina/resort where we have been staying the last month. We are fortunate that we can just cross the road (although pretty scary with traffic at times) to enjoy time at the pool, visits with our marina buddies and enjoy a drink at the bar.

We are still floating which has been very beneficial. We didn't have to find a place to stay, our power has been hooked up the entire time so we have all our creature comforts. Only we are at a boat yard with lots of noseums. Things could be worse, I'm just thankful we are all ok and that our boat will be fixed and we can continue on this amazing journey we started some 7 months ago!!

Check us out on Facebook here Jamminjanetravels  (I posted a video of the motor coming out)

Door has been taken off, and boat is prepped for motor removal

Our sick motor

Here you can see the railings have been taken off

Not much wiggle room here

Our boat has a full removable floor making it easier for this job. Check out how close to my fruit they are!! 

She's out!!