Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 001 To slide the trailer over and inch or two one side or the other just place the jack under the center of the trailer and jack it up. If the ground is soft or in this case has pea stones on it, just place the jack on a short plank and that trailer should slide over pretty easy on the jack's small steel wheels. I'm using a set of blocks to pull the trailer over but you should be able to push or pull the trailer over by hand. My trailer is 23 feet long and I'm able to push it over by hand as long as all the wheels are off the ground. Of course, the jack needs to be place somewhere near the balancing point of the trailer. Pretty nifty huh?
Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 009 Of course, the ultimate ideal scenario would be to pay someone to do this work at the boatyard but I'm low on funds and can't afford the costs. Also, I'm a frugal retired "Geezer" who is always looking to save money. I even cut my own hair, but I degress. Sorry about that.
Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 006 We're getting there. The ideal scenario would be to use a long thin metal eye beam to support the bow and push the trailer into position in one shot.
Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 005 Make sure the boat is high enough to clear the bunks of the trailer. I've placed a long flat board under the tongue jack wheel of the trailer and I'm pushing the trailer under the hull by hand. It will roll.
Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 001 To slide the trailer over and inch or two one side or the other just place the jack under the center of the trailer and jack it up. If the ground is soft or in this case has pea stones on it, just place the jack on a short plank and that trailer should slide over pretty easy on the jack's small steel wheels. I'm using a set of blocks to pull the trailer over but you should be able to push or pull the trailer over by hand. My trailer is 23 feet long and I'm able to push it over by hand as long as all the wheels are off the ground. Of course, the jack needs to be place somewhere near the balancing point of the trailer. Pretty nifty huh?
Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 002OK. The bottom is all painted and it's time to get the trailer under her. Oh heck, the trailer's crooked! It needs to be slid a little to the left so that the keel lines up with the trailer's keel board. I came up with an easy solution to this problem by using my Speedy floor jack.
DSC00406 As you can see in this pic, my boat had never been bottom painted. This was the first time for bottom paint. A word of caution here; Don't apply any paint to the bare hull of these boats until you clean it good with Acetone. These boats may be thirty or more years old but they still have mold release wax on them from when they were molded at the factory. Clean it all off first, then you can apply whatever you want. I like Super Shipbottom Ablative Paint myself. A couple of my friends in the YC also use it. Order it early because Ed has a tendency to be slow. He works by himself and he only makes one color a month. Call and find out what colors are available. If you only need one gallon, the mail man will deliver it. UPS gets and extra $20 for a hazardous waste handling charge. So keep that in mind.
IMG 0005b The shackle looks OK. I found a broken cotter pin in the rigging pin of this shackle one year. I'm glad I checked it that year.
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Loading her on the trailer 3 22 12 001 To slide the trailer over and inch or two one side or the other just place the jack under the center of the trailer and jack it up. If the ground is soft or in this case has pea stones on it, just place the jack on a short plank and that trailer should slide over pretty easy on the jack's small steel wheels. I'm using a set of blocks to pull the trailer over but you should be able to push or pull the trailer over by hand. My trailer is 23 feet long and I'm able to push it over by hand as long as all the wheels are off the ground. Of course, the jack needs to be place somewhere near the balancing point of the trailer. Pretty nifty huh?

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