[Rhodes22-list] Question for Bill about blocks

[Bill Effros]

I was actually referring only to rolling the trailer back and forth so 
the bunks are out of the way for painting.  I prefer to leave the 
trailer under the boat to "catch" it if something goes horribly wrong.

However, one day, when my son and I were fooling around (we had 4 
poppets, each without center sleeves going all the way to the 
ground--and 4 hydraulic jacks--this allowed us to put hydraulic jacks 
under each poppit and easily raise and lower the boat on the 
poppets--adjusting the poppets as we went, and putting more or less wood 
under the keel) we wound up in a situation where by removing the 
keel-supporting wood we could move the trailer past the keel, and then 
after putting the wood back under the keel we could remove the bow 
supporting poppets and slide the trailer the rest of the way out.  Many 
boats around here are supported that way all winter, but it made us 
uncomfortable, and we soon reversed the process.

The flat aft section of the Rhodes creates an extremely stable platform 
for the poppets (poppets, poppits--I'm not sure).  I don't chain them 
together.  Sailboats with less horizontal hulls generally chain the 
poppets--they are mainly for stability--the boats are resting on their 
keels. 

I've seen boats with no poppets at all--just ground straps, resting on 
their keels.  I won't go anywhere near those boats.

Bill Effros

ed kroposki wrote:

>How do you move the trailer out from under the boat?  How do you get the
>axel past the blocks?
>Ed K
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>"Always put blocks under the keel when it's off the trailer and you won't
> have to worry about it dropping."  It may tilt, but it won't drop.  I use
> cinder blocks with wood on top of them.  I raise the boat higher than I
> want it, set up the cinder blocks and wood, then drop the boat (using
> jacks) so the weight is on the wood, then set my poppits.  The poppits
> don't hold the boat, they just steady it.  You can then roll the trailer
> so the bunks are nowhere near where you want to paint."
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> Bill Effros
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