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MattL
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Initially Posted - 03/23/2016 :  06:39:01  Show Profile
I have a 25 fin keel and want to paint the bottom while it is still on trailer. I think I have seen posts here but my slow computer couldn't find them. If anyone has hints and help please let me know. I'm thinking of jacking up the rear of trailer, sticking in some supports, then doing the same to the front.
Thanks for any help.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider 5411
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)

Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/23/2016 :  13:52:34  Show Profile
Bunks, rollers, or Pads? I have rollers and just move the boat back a few inches to get the spots under the rollers.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/23/2016 :  14:52:22  Show Profile
bunks.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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JimV
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Response Posted - 03/23/2016 :  16:33:10  Show Profile  Visit JimV's Homepage
I just saw these the other day. Haven't used them before, maybe someone on the forum has.

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=98161
Jim
Eugene, OR
"Caerulea" - 1980 C25 SR/SK #1720
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 03/23/2016 :  16:35:02  Show Profile
Not sure I would try that with a fin keel boat. Paint all but where the bunks cover the hull and find a shop with a hoist/crane that can lift it up enough while you paint where the bunks were. Better yet, do the shop part first, then the hoist straps won't mar the new finish later.
DavidP
1975 C-22 SK #5459 "Shadowfax" Fleet 52
PO of 1984 C-25 SK/TR #4142 "Recess"
Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/23/2016 :  19:33:42  Show Profile
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=98161

Those are really cool. I would probably spring for them if I were earlier in my boat career and faced with a longer future of maintenance and repair. I can access the keel cable and paint on this trailer and that's as much as I would commonly do. That is only three lift to blocks and back to trailer where I live.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
1982 TR/SK/Trad. #3399
Lake Erie/Florida Panhandle
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 03/24/2016 :  04:01:26  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
on my swing keel I supported one side with 6x6s and hydraulic jacks. Then I could unbolt and remove the bunk and paint .
Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/24/2016 :  07:34:07  Show Profile
A friend has some stands that he is going to let me use. I'll pick them up tomorrow.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 03/24/2016 :  08:10:33  Show Profile
I use an ablative. I paint the hidden spots when the boat gets lifted on the travelift for launch. Takes just a few minutes and the lift operator is very helpful.
John Russell
1999 C250 SR/WK #410
Bay Village, Ohio
Sailing Lake Erie
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/24/2016 :  08:37:15  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by John Russell

I use an ablative. I paint the hidden spots when the boat gets lifted on the travelift for launch. Takes just a few minutes and the lift operator is very helpful.

I do too, but I ask the travelift operator to put my boat in the slings just before he goes home for the night. I paint the spots that night, and then he launches it in the morning. It allows the paint a little more time to dry. Don't know if it's necessary, because antifouling supposedly doesn't require much drying time before launch.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/24/2016 :  13:28:03  Show Profile
A lift would be nice, but not available. Wish me luck.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider 5411
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 03/27/2016 :  19:25:48  Show Profile
As you do this change from bunks to pads, life will be better.
Frank Hopper
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MattL
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Response Posted - 03/28/2016 :  16:51:33  Show Profile
I've been spending the day sanding before doing the lift. About a 1/4 of the way done and am taking a break to see if my arms and hands will stop tingling from the sander. Forgot just how big the boat is, and am glad I dont have to do this for a living. Oh picked up a respirator mask after seeing all that blue dust fly past my nose.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider 5411
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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offshoreaccount
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Response Posted - 03/31/2016 :  21:32:29  Show Profile
Have any of you skipped the bunk parts? I've read of others doing that before.

My boat is on the trailer, and the bunks have not been addressed yet, so I'm weighing my options (and talking to some places about launching to allow painting).
Offshore Account, 1977 Hull #243. SR, SK
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MattL
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Response Posted - 04/02/2016 :  11:01:55  Show Profile
After a few days oaf sanding, finding all the chips in barrier coat, owies in gell coat of hull, oh then a tumble in the mall parking lot (sitting with knee elvated now). I decided, hey it would be a lot easier, and probably look better if I take the boat to a place that does this for a living. That's where it is at now.
Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
E.C. Rider 5411
Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 04/04/2016 :  08:19:18  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
this is how i did it on my old swinger. new boat has pads on the trailer.
Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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