[Rhodes22-list] Blocked for painting

[Steve Alm]

Jim and Bob,
First, Jim, you're right--not blocked under the keel.  Two on either side of
the stern and one just forward of the Keel.  Before I jacked up the boat, I
pulled the centerboard line up tight and cleated it so it wouldn't drop down
during the process.  Blocking the boat up this way does not raise it enough
to drop the CB for painting.  Unless you can get the boat a lot higher using
methods/equipment other than what's described here, the only way to get to
the CB is by removing it from the inside.  I haven't done that in the three
years I've owned Fandango and it's probably over due.  On those hot summer
days, we anchor out and dive on the CB and scrub the slime off with a stiff
brush.  That's the only maintenance we've done on it so far.  But we're in
fresh water--if you're in salt water, you probably have to do more.
Slim

On 3/25/04 12:39 PM, "Robert Dilk" <Robert.Dilk at TRW.COM> wrote:

> What about the centerboard?
> 
> Bob
> 
>>>> jbconnolly at comcast.net 03/25/04 01:22PM >>>
> Slim,
> 
> Thanks for the photos.  They look great.
> 
> It does not look like you are blocking under the keel.  Is this correct?
> 
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> '85 recycled '03
> 
>> Jim,
>> Hare are a few shots of my boat blocked up for painting.  When I did
>> it, I also took the tires off and let the axle rest on the ground.  I
>> jacked it up in two stages.  First I jacked it as high as it would go
>> with the trailer jacks, then I blocked up the hull and cranked the
>> jacks back into their "short" position.  Then I put blocks under the
>> wheels of the rear jacks and then jacked up again, then added more
>> blocks under the hull.  As you can see, I put two points under the
>> stern and one in the bow.  For the blocks under the bow, I pulled the
>> trailer tongue extension out a bit so it would be out of the way.
>> Sorry I didn't take the pictures with the tires off the trailer, but I
>> really had a lot of room to work.  Of course, when I was done, I
>> lowered the boat back down on the trailer and then painted the spots
>> where the blocks were.
>> Hope this helps,
>> Slim
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