On to the dock

On left - James Benson balancing the engine on the coaming as the lift is readied for attachment.





Below are the engine balancers as the lift is turned to start moving off the dock finger to the rest of the dock. 

What is not shown here, is that James L is actually sitting on the leg extensions for the lift and counterbalancing the weight of the engine.  Without his weight sitting as a counterbalance, the lift would have fallen forward with the engine hitting the deck.




Another view of the engine on the lift as it is moved toward the rest of the dock.  Because the finger was so narrow, we could only attach one of the extension legs.  James L continued to sit on the other wedged into the lift as a human counter-balance.