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Hello, this is how I finally put my boat on stand to remove the trailer and service it, as well as bottom paint the boat and leave it nice, clean and tiddy ready for sailing season..
Here you can see that the stern stands dont fit into the bottom of the boat.. notice the stands are all the way down.
So I lowered the little wheel (dunno the name in english) to raise the stern
See the stands still all the way down, the stern raised about 3-4inches
Fitted the stands on the back, even raised them about an inch or so..
Jacked the front of the trailer and raised it up..
So, up it goes.. slow and carefully..
After it was high enough, jacked the trailer with pieces of wood..
Jacked a large piece of wood wider than the trailer wheels so I could take it out..
High enough to remove the trailer we proceeded to remove it..
Put the jack stands in place
And vouala!!!!
Secured the jacks with 3/4 inch rope.. The whole process took exactly an hour to do.. I thought it was going to take longer and it was going to be more difficult. Thank God it was all safe and nice..
Interesting process... I hope those blocks under the centerboard aren't supporting any more than the board itself.
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
I've thought about doing this, but since we've got a WK, there's an extra 1200 lbs and ~4' of keel that has to be considered. If I were going to do it, I'd build at least three custom cradles for forward of the keel, aft of it, and the stern. They'd have to be wide enough to span the trailer so the boat could be jacked up outside of it. There are plenty of other things to think about because of the keel, the guides would have to be removed (relatively easy), the pads would have to be lowered or removed along with their supporting pipes to keep from having to jack the boat up several feet to clear them.
It'd certainly be easier to have the boat hoisted onto stands by a crane.
David C-250 Mainsheet Editor
Sirius Lepak 1997 C-250 WK TR #271 --Seattle area Port Captain --
Thanks for all the pictures! So at one point you had the entire boat suspended on two points, at the stern and the wide beam? David//// ////Correct David, at one point. It as the scary moment but the jacks on the stern worked pretty nice.
Stinkpotter Interesting process... I hope those blocks under the centerboard aren't supporting any more than the board itself.//// ////Thats right, the blocks on the centerboard are not holding any of the boats weight.. like u say.. just for supporting the board not even with any pressure at all..
Realized the fiberglass is really strong material. Plus its a 1500pound boat.. not "too" heavy.. the fear i had was the jacks on the stern could go through and brake the fiberglass and make a huge whole..
How do u guys make the pics small enough so they have a good definition and are not to big for ur signature. I tried doing it but I get large pics and if i make em smaller it becomes blurry
My signature pictures are "thumbnails" from Shutterfly.com, intended for selecting pictures in an album there. I was able to copy URLs for the thumbnails. They're rigged in my signature so if you click on one, you get a bigger picture--I'd have to rediscover how I did that part.
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Gerardo, one of the benefits of Membership is the ability to upload your pics to the association site and include them in your forum posts, as well as build online albums of them. Mine are still there
Once your images are in your membership account, you can include them ideally sized for the forum or use the thumbnails for your signature. And soooo much more.
As a result of removing the trailer and servicing it.. The mechanic guy noticed the braking system was not working at all.. the brake pads where like new.. cause the pump was not sending hydraulics because the housing got water in it and it was a mess.. anyway.. he fixed it and trailer brakes are good.. greased the bearings bla bla bla.. So in the end I did paint the entire bottom surface of my boat and trailer is in good condition now (which I didnt know until removing it). I trailered it from Tyler Tx, a couple of hours to the east from Dallas Tx, all the way down to Toluca Mexico, which is next to Mexico city to the West, without brakes!!! it was fun though.. cya round!
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