BigHEis taking the plunge! My 1st V rebuild.

[BigHE]

Originally Posted by tartuffe

But what will you do when you flip your boat upside down, undo all the screws and the top does not drop out like you envision and it turns out yu have a tough one?

I would stick with the way 999 out of 1000 do it. Pull the top, roll it over. You're making more work for yourself than necessary. Sometimes that old addage "work smarter, not harder" leads to more work. I've lost alot of time trying to come up with better ways and techniques only to go back to what I had in my notes when I first started doing research.

Have you seen the pic of the cap suspended in the thread I started "So Here She Is?"

I have seen your thread. I don't have the opportunity to use construction equipment or the likes. I have a guy with a back hoe willing to pop the cap free of the hull and stringers before we roll it over but that is it. All the screws are already out.

Still thinking and researching. I've done a ton of looking and that's the first I've heard of using old tires. Thanks.