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Unread 05-02-2012, 09:34 AM
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And some shots of how it got that way...



Stiff Legs under the transom for stability...watch that tail light!...

Daylight between trailer and bow...trailers still under, but she's not on it...





Since this pic, I added some more stiff legs about mid ship for additional stability...she was a lil tippy till then, but solid now...


Pickin up bottom paint Friday, so today a good time to get her off the trailer so I can crawl back under there and sand the rest of this monster bottom paint off...this stuff just laughed at the paint remover I tried before, so sanding became only affordable way to go...
The paint remover jasoncooperpcola used might have done the job, but I didn't know about it when I started sanding and I'm too far into this method to turn around now...will be painting next week...I hope...
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Reel i tried sanding my bottom paint. But within three minutes i looked like a smurf! Also when i unload my boat i run a strap around the bow thru the eye then tehter it to a tree. Jack the back of the boat off the trailer block it then pull halfway out from under the boat and rejack it then lower the back of the boat. That way i still have the boat supported by the bunks to keep it from flopping over. I then block each side and blocks under the keel up front. Then pull on out from under it and voila! My reason for doing this is its easer to lower the boat closer to the ground. I am not to happy to get under one more than afoot off the ground.
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Idid not have to sand the Sea Ox, Thank God!! I tied off the back and pulled trailer about 2 feet off trailer, painted bpttom, then cranked back on and painted spots from rollers
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Reel i tried sanding my bottom paint. But within three minutes i looked like a smurf! Also when i unload my boat i run a strap around the bow thru the eye then tehter it to a tree. Jack the back of the boat off the trailer block it then pull halfway out from under the boat and rejack it then lower the back of the boat. That way i still have the boat supported by the bunks to keep it from flopping over. I then block each side and blocks under the keel up front. Then pull on out from under it and voila! My reason for doing this is its easer to lower the boat closer to the ground. I am not to happy to get under one more than afoot off the ground.

Yeah I was SMURFED recently getting what I could on the trailer...blockin' it up off the trailer is the only way to get to the rest...I let the toungue all the way down, then blocked up the center of the stern...then raised the toungue, which lifts the stern after it bottoms out on the blocks...w/the tounge up, block up the bow, drop the tongue again and VOILA!...she's flyin'!!...stiff leg the sides...jack and block again as the axles go out from under and never had to tie it off at all...the trailer jack does the work...if it hadn't been for the trailer lights, I'd have blocked the chines....but this couldn't have worked better...
BTW..about to be SMURFED again soon...whoopee...one thing I do is set up a fan and stay upwind of the sander...works pretty good....
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Good luck Senor Smurf, lotta work.
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Reel something that may help you. I removed a block from my side support opposite the side i was working and let the boat lay over onto the shortened stack, i had to add another support midways to feel better but that made it much easier working it.

I was sanding the transom on mine but then it started raining.
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reel, I ain't pickin or anything.
You done had it off the trailer and on stilts I think for the third time. The first couple of times I could keep my mouth shut but I'm seeing you have a need. Hell everybody needs one.
I'm terribly concerned for you and it will make your life easier.
You can justify it by hanging a swing on it or at least getting Hammer to suggest a swing type, even put lattice on top to be a yard ornament.
You can even use it for the boats storage location when on the trailer.
You really need one.

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hey Reel, where do you put the cheese in that mouse trap?

Tsubaki, you're on to something there, a little lattice work, a couple of tekki torches, a few lawn chairs, and you have a perfectly camouflaged boat lift/engine hoist/cab lift and the best things is the rational for it to your wife, " but honey, I built it for you"
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My point exactly spare!
And no you don't depend on the hoist. Block the boat when working on it and even if just sitting there between work sessions.
We are usually blessed with blocks of foam rescued from the creek when they would come loose from docks in the area. Even lowering it to the ground is preferred instead of just hanging there.
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hey Reel, where do you put the cheese in that mouse trap?
Right under the KEEL!...LOL!!

Tsubaki...what a great idea w/the lattice and all.....I think every V20 oughtta come w/one of those as standard issue!!...
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