1986 23.5 Hunter, Launching w/Lifting Strap????

[Jeannie Williamson]

My friends assure me that I can install a lifting strap on the keel bolts to lift the boat in and out of the water. Does anyone have any instructions on keel bolts such as this?I recently moved from Wisconsin to Florida with my fresh water boat and really don't want to let is sit in the salt water for a long amount of time.Thanks so very much and Happy Holidays.Jeannie Williamson aka CJ Morgane-mail address: jeannie_williamson@yahoo.com

 

[Rick Webb]

Sure, It Would Be Easy

The only problem is if it is a 23.5 it is without a keel and therefore has no keel bolts. I think a 23.5 is quicker and easier to get in and out of the water with a trailer on a ramp than using a hoist anyway. When I was in Hawaii we hoisted Rhodes 19's and Cal 20's daily it was a very simple operation once everything was set up.