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jiml2p
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Initially Posted - 01/22/2003 : 01:55:09

Could anyone out there who has pulled their boat out of the water and put it in dry dock let me know what they did?

More specifically, I entirely trailer my boat. Right now, it is sitting on the trailer in the back yard.

I am trying to think ahead and plan how I am going to take the boat off the trailer and set it on boat jacks or a cradle or...uh.....I don't know....some magical magnetic levitating device?

I want to do this because I need to apply bottom paint definitely.....and it seems that my center board cable has a tendency to snap according to some of the other entries on this forum. So, I want to be prepared to fix it myself when that happens.

I would like to devise a simple yet effective system for accessing the bottom of my boat without paying someone large sums of money for slinging my boat of its trailer, boat storage fees, etc.

Do I just need a half dozen boat jacks placed in strategic locations? Is there some sort of cradle design that I could fashion out of plywood? Is there a simple sling system that I could whip up using seatbelt webbing and duct tape?<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

Should I look more into this mag-lev idea? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Thanks for your time.

Jim

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 01/22/2003 : 07:52:04

Jim,

I have removed my center board while it was on the trailer without a lot of trouble. It does require jacking the bow of the boat up and blocking it and then jacking the front of the trailer back down to open up the necessary clearance. This works at least for the earlier hull numbers. At some point, Catalina started putting a stopper on the center board to hold the center board in a somewhat raked aft position. This would require a bit more clearance but I think still doable.

As to bottom paint, though I've never painted mine, I think its a common practice to do it while the boat is on the trailer. Doing the areas under the bunk boards by jacking one area at a time. It will take more time and those throwaway foam brushes... but will be much simpler than trying to get the boat off the trailer.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
R&R N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/22/2003 : 08:53:35

Jim,

On your trailer, does your boat rest on rollers or bunks?

Steve Milby "Captiva Wind" C-25 T/FK #2554

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bear
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Response Posted - 01/22/2003 : 11:28:34

Arlyn,
Could you relate more information on replacement of center board cable while boat is on the trailer. Where did you position the blocks and what size were the blocks? Also how heavy was the center board when you took it off? I wanted to refinish the center board this spring and wondering how you removed it while on the trailer, also might as well replace the cable when and if I get the center board off. Thanx in advance...."Bear" on C 250 WB #089.

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jiml2p
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Response Posted - 01/23/2003 : 02:49:26

Arlyn,

Sounds like a feasible plan and I have heard of people doing things like that with the boat on the trailer as well, although they have smaller boats. I'm up for trying it. BTW, my trailer has bunks for which to rest.

To reiterate "bear's" point, I wonder if there are strategic points on the hull that I should be able to jack against without worry of popping through the bottom fiberglass and what would be a good block size to jack with? What type of jack did you use.

Also, I wonder if anyone has a recommendation of bottom paint type and brand name for someone who 100% trailers his boat. I keep it in the backyard so the boat would never be in the water for longer than, say, a week long trip in the San Juans....which I'll do eventually.

P.S. Arlyn, I re-read your post. I think I understand. You cranked up the tongue jack on the front of the trailer to its highest setting, blocked up the bow of the boat and lowered the trailer back down, right? Thus separating boat from trailer....

Jim

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/23/2003 : 09:09:12

<b>"Also, I wonder if anyone has a recommendation of bottom paint type and brand name for someone who 100% trailers his boat. I keep it in the backyard so the boat would never be in the water for longer than, say, a week long trip in the San Juans....which I'll do eventually." - Jim</b>

If you don't wet slip and trailer 100%, you don't need to paint the bottom, just a simple hosing off when you pull it out. In Arlyn's post, he said that he doesn't paint his boat...

<b>"As to bottom paint, though I've never painted mine,..." - Arlyn</b>

Don Lucier, 'North Star'
C25 SR/FK
Cradled on the hard, 200ft from Lake Erie

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 01/24/2003 : 08:23:23

Don caugth it right, my boat bottom is bare.

My longest cruises are usually two weeks so there is no need for anti fouling. I wax the hull once a year with Starbright teflon wax which greatly aids in washing the scum off when pulling the boat off the ramp (getting it off while its wet is much easier).

To do this, I have an onboard blaster pump which can either draw from the fresh water tanks or seacock. BTW... doing so tends to keep the fresh water tanks... fresh.

As to jacking the bow... it is very thick (an inch)back as far as the area for the depth sounder. I've never jacked the stern. A check with catalina would be in order.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
R&R N/E Texas and Great Lakes

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