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Old 10-15-2018, 06:06 AM   #2
Ski in NC
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If there is a dry stack marina nearby, get the engine in a pickup truck or on a trailer and take it and the boat to the marina. They have forklifts with very long forks that can pick up the engine and load it through an aft door. Then once in the boat, you can make a timber frame to make a rigging point and then lower it to its bed. Some marinas and mechanic shops have alloy A-frames at hand that you could borrow.

You could also make a temporary timber frame that spans from the dock to the boat and alternate hoists to "walk" it across the length of the beam.

You can hire a crane, but looking at your pic it might not be able to get close enough unless you hire a big one, and that is $$$.

Service boatyards can haul the boat, and then while still in the slings use a small crane, forklift with extension, boom truck, etc, to load engine into boat while using the slings to adjust boat position/angle to get the best loading. This method is the cat's meow.

If you need yard work like bottom paint, go ahead and do the haul and knock out both the engine loading and the yardwork, incremental cost for engine load is minimal then.
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