The Motor Ship Mount Washington
 

It appears that the work on the ship is coming along good. As I write this, I can see the welders cutting a hole on the starboard side. I appears the hole is going to be between the O and the N on the decal Mount. I have a ring side seat to all the action.

Ring side seat = Photo's to document the event !!

Attachment 3411 Can someone supply any??

We have been busy disassembling the old engines. Cote Contractors are setting up the rigging. Today Hewitt Welding cut the hole in the side.
Here are some pictures taken February 9 and 11.

I to am having no luck finding those pictures. Dying to see them.

Old Engine Pix
 

Found some pix on the website www.cruisenh.com/Captains_Blog.html

Great pics. Thank you. Are there any pictures out there of the cutting of the hull etc etc ??

I uploaded them but I will try it again. Maybe I should just send them to the webmaster.

Attachment 3420We appreciate your help and the time you are taking to please us all.:)

I don't know where the others went but here they are again. I must have done something wrong.

Good pictures. Could we maybe move the Mount WebCam around to the starboard side on shore so we could monitor ...second by second what's going on. Inquiring minds. :) . Yea Yea...I know the Cam has nothing to do with the Mount Management. Just wondering. :) NB

Second that request
 

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Twin Kitty Cats?
 

V-12 marine Cat engines?

Caterpiler is #1 in marine diesel engines, bar none...

What will they be, MO SER# specks?...

Let us know, Captain Jim Morash!

Terry
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It looks like you have Cote Rigging of Manchester moving the motors? They have moved many pieces of equipment for me.

That's a big Milton Cat Diesel(s) going into the Mount. Cat makes many a motor for tons of applications, I have a little exposure to them through work.

What is going to be the fate of the old engines?

Horse power of new engines
 

What is the horse power ratings of the new Milton Cat Diesels going into the Mount? I know that the old engines put out 615hp each.

Will the new ones have reverse gears?

Yes. Like the old engines, the new engines only go in one direction. However the new gearboxes, which connect each engine to a drive shaft, can be put in reverse while the engines are running. With the old gearboxes it took as long as 30 seconds to stop one/both engines, switch gears, and restart the engines.

As a side note, the new engines are much lighter than the old engines. Ballast will be added to the bilge to assist in stability.

Updated 03-MAR-10. After posting the above I was corrected. I had no idea that diesel engines could run backward. In doing some online research, reversing a bi-directional diesel engine is accomplished by shifting the gears on the cam shaft so that the valves open/close at a different time than when running forward. This requires bringing the engine to a complete stop before shifting the cam shaft. The diesel in my VW does not have this option, but then again, I can shift to reverse without stopping the engine.

New engines
 

Yes, that 30 second delay is probably responsible for a couple of near and actual groundings of the Mount. On a windy day, watching the Mount make its turn in Centre Harbor I watched it almost go ashore several times, and once into a boat house a couple of cottages down from us. Looks like that won't be happening anymore.

I noticed a large I-Beam sticking out the side of the Mount. Have they started lifting out the old engines or are the installing the new ones? What will be the fate of the old engines?

I noticed that also. Will post a photo.

old vs new
 

Bizer & Pineneedles - The two outgoing Enterprise engines were direct drive; no gearboxes. To reverse direction, the engines were stopped, then restarted with the opposite rotation. The two new Cats do have gearboxes, so may be kept running and shifted much like an ordinary boat would. There will still be a delay in shifting to allow the propellors to stop rotating first. This will be shorter, since the new equipment will also include shaft brakes.

The I-beam protruding from the Mount's starboard side.http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...Feb_10_008.JPG

New Engines Arrived
 

Just came by the Center Harbor docks a while ago and saw the rigging company unloading 2 Cat engines for the Mount.

The Mount Cam from yesterday still shows the truck unloading the engines. NB

http://www.cruisenh.com/mountcam.html

EDIT: 2:38 PM Wed. I think the DATE on the Mount Cam is 24 hours behind.

Engines
 

It looks like the engines came in for the Mount Washington since there was alot of activity in Center Harbor

Here are some photos that I took today...

http://www.bizer.com/lwmountw/103031...outEngines.jpg

http://www.bizer.com/lwmountw/103035...stallation.jpg

http://www.bizer.com/lwmountw/10303a8_StillRolling.jpg

http://www.bizer.com/lwmountw/10303h...ourNewHome.jpg

Green?
 

I heard a bit on news 9 tonight about the Mount 'going green'... how does that factor in? Is that an initiative for all operations, or just the engine room?

I applaud the effort, wither way. I think every bit helps.

Just today, for a laugh to share, my 4 year old insisted that I get a cup with triangle on the bottom for him to drink from - so he knows that it was recycled. Now, I didn't teach him to be quite THAT insistent, but I support it! (They were both recyclable, but I got the one 'with the triangle' anyway.)

WMUR story
 

Here is a link to the video:
http://www.wmur.com/video/22733147/index.html

text story:
http://www.wmur.com/news/22732651/detail.html

Reading today's LaDaSun article informs that the two old engines were two-stroke diesel w/ the crankshafts connected directly to the propeller driveshafts, so's going from forward to reverse required engines to be shut down and stopped turning before restarting, engaged in reverse direction.....in the old method.

The new setup now has either one or two transmissions as there are two, new Caterpillar 4-stroke diesels, so the ship can go from forward to reverse very quickly and without having to turn off the engine.

Are the new transmissions automatic or manual with a clutch pedal & stick shift, and how many forward gears? This is a serious question......thanks in advance.

Ya knows....those two old engines were extremely, extremely QUIET.....jeesh....they were so QUIET.....it will be very difficult for the new engines to be more quiet than the old engines......and could be that the new engines will be louder......time will tell?

I have watched the Mount dock in Alton. After the final alignment a ways out the engines were cut off for a several seconds. Kind of eerie watching that silent glide waiting for the start-up in reverse. Must have made the crew nervous now and then knowing that a failure to restart would mean a crash but I never heard of that happening.
Now all they have to do is shift into reverse. What is the fun in that?:rolleye2:

More than likely, the transmissions will be either be electrically (drive by wire), hydraulically, or cable/throttle actuated. I can't quite tell from the pictures if those housings on the rear of the engines are the transmissions. They don't need to be very big. Our island is repowering one of our ferries this winter and although a much smaller scale, the same project. The attached pics are cell phone pics so sorry for the quaility.

BT

Sure looks like the same three guys are doing both Sebago & Winni engine jobs....same three guys....how about that! Cat's are always Caterpillar Yellow....and white is....Volvo?

Volvos are usually Green. This could be a Cummins. Cummins are White. This motor looks like a straight diesel....not turbo charged. Hard to tell. NB

Mounts engines
 

I found this on the 'Mounts' facebook page under captians blog #3. Hope this helps. Again this is from there blog site."Many are asking about the new engines specifics. Well, quite simply they are C-32 CATS, 12 cylinders each with a horsepower rating of 750hp at 1800 rpms. We will have a ZF Mathers 4:1 reduction gear to bring the rpms down to 450. The control systems will be ZF Mathers as well. In addition we will be installing shaft brakes for the first time on this vessel. This will quicken our stopping time in emergency situations. But don’t think we can stop on a dime from full speed ahead. It will still take us about a ¼ mile to stop the ship from full speed ahead. What these shaft brakes will do is give us better response time in docking and departure maneuvers."

space question
 

Do the new engines take up less room in the engine room?

I think they do,also because of the loss in ballast weight of the new power plants ballast will be added to maintain stability. Can't wait for ice out and a cruise.