Although this fix got the best of my Sunday afternoon, I chopped the engine bed down, overlapped the flanges and bonded them back together with a thick mixture of cabosil and epoxy. While it was curring, I strapped the engine bed onto the engine/sail drive unit to make sure that it fits perfectly. Tomorrow, I'll pull the temporary screws out, grind the splice into a nice shape then glass the heck out of the splice with multiple layers of glass fabric, inside and out. Although this miss-match created a fair amount of extra labor, the finished mounts will actually be stronger than the originals.
However, .......since this is a cat, I've got to do the same dang thing again for the other engine.
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Allen,
Given your goal of being able to beach this cat anytime you feel like it (or so I recall from past reads of your blog), did you investigate the off-set saildrive option at all? If so, why did you not go that route?
I saw a drawing of this option in Ian Farrier's study guide, and it really seemed to make sense to me, especially for a cat where you've invested the time and effort for centerboards and (I assume) retractable rudders.
thx,
Jay
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