Out with the Glacier Bay Genset

I got the kevlar line bound to the wire to take the load and wrapped the line and wire with silicone tape and stuffed it back in the hole.  Then I started on the genset removal...

1. Take all the attachments off the genset
2. Remove the storage box
3. Mostly empty the fuel tank, detach all the fuel lines and remove the fuel tank
4. Remove the battery
5. Take the dingy out of the quarter berth and inflate it and cover and tie to the fore deck
6. Remove all the hurricane binding and wrapping on the boom and mast
7. Rig the reef line to the preventer, which runs along the boom, using a caribeener so it can slide along the preventer.  Then run the main halyard through the caribeener and down into the companionway. 
8. Remove all the bedding, sail, and other collected stuff from the quarter berth, remove the covers to the aft storage compartments and empty them completely.  Lay a carpet on the hull to slide the genset with.
9. Remove the companionway steps.
10. Un-bolt the genset from the plywood base and lift it off the bolts that are mounted into the base.  Then slide it up the side of the hull by the opening into the quarter bearth.  Then tip it over onto a carpet and drag it into the quarter berth.  Tilt it the other way up onto the deck of the quarter berth and slide it to the edge.
11. Tie a lifting harness onto the genset and attach it to the main halyard
12. Lay the fender board between the quarter berth edge and the electric motor box and slide the genset onto the board as we take some load on the halyard.
13. Crank it up out of the companionway above the cabin.  Tighten the reef line to pull the genset out farther to the end of the boom and swing the boom out over the dock
14. Put the genset into a wheelbarrow and put it under Paul's deck by tipping it up onto a piece of plywood with some dowels under it so we could roll it into position.
15. Scrub all the crud out of the engine room
16. Put the battery, fuel tank, full gerican , and storage box back into the engine room
17. Put all the stuff back into the storage area and replace the covers, bedding, and stuff.
18. Get all the rigging secured for the night

I am bushed...

I woke up in the middle of the night and realized that the way I finished the stress relief actually defeated the whole idea and put the stress back on the little wire.  I also thought of an easier way to use the ladder to reach the top.