Painting my H22 while on a trailer

[Bad Obsession]

I am going to bottom paint my H22 soon. I have it on a trailer on my house (it is about 1 1/2 hours from where I launch the boat). Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the place where the bunks touch the hull? I don't want to pay to have the boat put on blocks and I don't have a lot of equipment to lift the boat. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them. Thanks in advance!

 

[Rick Webb]

I Have Wondered

If loading the boat off center would facilitate this. Seems that if the bunks are 4" wide and you loaded the boat 2" off to the right painted where you could then loaded it 2" off to the left you could get to the rest of the hull.

 

[mmsailor]

Painting on trailer

go to the archives there is a ton of info about painting no trailer, you may need to check using h23 or some similiar because a lot of the posts will be about bottom painting h23s on trailer , good luck Mike

 

[william]

the trick i, (and some others), used

actually i was replacing my bunk carpet but i've seen 2 different tricks for h23s. lower the trailer nosewheel as far as it will go. next, measure under the transom to the ground and build a VERY STURDY saw-horse type framework and insert it under the stern. now raise the trailer nosewheel back up....actually i used a scissor jack here as i didn't trust my trailer wheel with that much weight. as the trailer comes up the weight of the stern will bear on the saw-horse/frame and not the bunks. hopefully, (and it took a little practical physics here for me...i had to pull my roller back with a come-along winch), your boat will now be resting on the framework and the trailer bow roller. this is a pretty solid 3 point stance. you can now lower one bunk at a time to paint. there are some pics in the archive and one in particular uses some 4"x4"s and pads to support the boat and drop the bunks. mine was sturdy enough i think i could have done both bunks at once but be careful and go slowly as you loosen the bunks. i was ready to run if things started shifting so obviously if you drop it on yourself don't come looking for me. ymmv

 

[Steve]

Never done it, but

I have never tried it but I may have to soon. I thought about blocking up the boat and then letting the air out of the tires to give me room to paint. Then just pump the tires back up.

 

[jprieto]

Painting on a trailer

Try googling for "discount boat stands" on the web. Two boat stands (and a car jack) will allow you to support one side of the boat at a time while removing or lowering the bunk boards. The Jack will get the trailer up far enough at one point to move a boat stand for painting under it, Sounds a little tedious but it is really not bad.

 

[Travis]

Paint with jack stands

I painted my Hunter 22 (swing keel) on its trailer. I used two boat stands and lowered the trailer rails while holding the boat with the stands. I wouldn't bother building a special holder to paint under the stands, just raise the trailer rails back up so you can remove the stands and paint where they were holding the boat up. I would be extremely careful if you try to construct anything to hold the boat up- this could be fatal if it fails. Another safety note, make sure to brace the boat stands against the trailer with line so they won't kick out from under the boat. Good luck and let me know how it goes.