I have a Macgregor 26S with a newly damaged (bent frame) trailer. I'd liked to remove the trailer out from under the sailboat. Because of the trailer damage, I can't trailer the boat from its storage site to a body of water. I'd like ideas on methods to leave the boat on stands, or a on cradle, while I get the trailer repaired.
Removing trailer from sailboat
- Thread starter S Kessinger
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Lower the nose of the trailer, and build a support structure under the transom/cockpit.
Then raise the trailer's nose as high as possible and build another structure, allowing room for the trailer to be rolled out. Good luck.
Then raise the trailer's nose as high as possible and build another structure, allowing room for the trailer to be rolled out. Good luck.
I had a damaged keel and needed to drill holes up from the bottom. I borrowed jacks, the kind that have three legs and a screw up pad that goes against the hull. I placed six of them under the boat and raised them to lift the boat a few inches above the trailer. Then I pulled the trailer forward as far as possible without disturbing the jacks, about 2 to 3 feet. That was enough to get the bottom of the keel clear of the trailer.
You could take that process farther by moving the jacks one at a time to work your trailer entirely out. Obviously you need to work very carefully. Get some help to assess the safety of every move as you go. If any helper has reservations stop and resolve the issue.
You could take that process farther by moving the jacks one at a time to work your trailer entirely out. Obviously you need to work very carefully. Get some help to assess the safety of every move as you go. If any helper has reservations stop and resolve the issue.
I saw a great YouTube video of a guy removing a large boat off a trailer to paint it. He put blocks under the keel and jacked it up just a few inches to get the process started and inched the trailer out. He used stands along the hull as he moved.
Of course there were about 100 of guys doing it in a lot more reckless manner! They were more fun to watch but less helpful. Then again...
Of course there were about 100 of guys doing it in a lot more reckless manner! They were more fun to watch but less helpful. Then again...
I did that in my yard with our M 26D several times. It was pretty easy.
Empty the boat and remove the motor to make it lighter.
I lowered the jack as low as I could get the bow down.
Put blocks under the transom on each side for lateral stability. (I used pieces of Railroad ties shimmed with 2x4 pieces)
jack the bow up as high as it will go
Put a jack under the bow (I used a hydraulic automotive jack) with blocks to raise it up more
Put a beam under the bow supported by blocks on each side (wide and high enough apart to clear the trailer fenders)
Lower the bow onto the beam, remove the hydraulic jack, and pull the trailer out.
It sounds complicated but didn't actually take long. Reverse the process to put it back on the trailer.
Ken
Empty the boat and remove the motor to make it lighter.
I lowered the jack as low as I could get the bow down.
Put blocks under the transom on each side for lateral stability. (I used pieces of Railroad ties shimmed with 2x4 pieces)
jack the bow up as high as it will go
Put a jack under the bow (I used a hydraulic automotive jack) with blocks to raise it up more
Put a beam under the bow supported by blocks on each side (wide and high enough apart to clear the trailer fenders)
Lower the bow onto the beam, remove the hydraulic jack, and pull the trailer out.
It sounds complicated but didn't actually take long. Reverse the process to put it back on the trailer.
Ken
More pictures and how to get a Mac 26S off the trailer here....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/macgregor/outside-3.html
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