The other day, my friend with the slip next to me came wandering down the dock with 2 new batteries in his cart. “Hey John can you give me a hand?” Sure… What do you need? “I need to install these two batteries and I can’t lift them into the boat.” That sounded like a simple assist. They were each about 60 pounds. Up onto the deck and then down through the companion way we went.
It was then that he shared the real trouble. His on board storage was on a shelf behind his new engine. I climbed into the limited space to the side of the engine and quickly decided there was no way I could grab the battery, hold it out at arms length and rotate my body to slide it on to the shelf.
He said he got the old ones out. Perhaps that is why he was recovering from a hernia operation.
Stuck we regrouped. It was then I remembered an article by @JamesG161 and his ramp to move his generator out of his boat.
My neighbor went home and grabbed a board. I headed back to my boat. The next day I got this message.
Genius.
You never know where an idea may come from to solve your boat problem.
Safe Boating.
It was then that he shared the real trouble. His on board storage was on a shelf behind his new engine. I climbed into the limited space to the side of the engine and quickly decided there was no way I could grab the battery, hold it out at arms length and rotate my body to slide it on to the shelf.
He said he got the old ones out. Perhaps that is why he was recovering from a hernia operation.
Stuck we regrouped. It was then I remembered an article by @JamesG161 and his ramp to move his generator out of his boat.
My neighbor went home and grabbed a board. I headed back to my boat. The next day I got this message.
Genius.
You never know where an idea may come from to solve your boat problem.
Safe Boating.