[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Slim]

Bill,

I've done it that way too.  That's the method I used before I had the stands
and used the cinder blocks.  I raised it in two stages, first raising the
trailer as high as it would go, blocking up the hull, then cranking the
wheel jacks back to their smallest length and adding a cinder block under
each wheel and jacking them up again.  Then I removed the tires so the
trailer would drop down that much lower.  Lots of room then but lots of
fiddling too.

Re the lever on the screws, next time I'll use two levers--one on each
side--to minimize the risk of a shift.  Good point.

Slim

On 2/15/07 4:35 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> If you jack up the wheels on your swiveling jack wheels, or put 3 bottle
> jacks under the frame of the trailer, raise the entire trailer off the
> ground, set the jacks under the elevated boat, and let the trailer back
> down, you can accomplish the same thing.
> 
> I've used the screws on the jacks, but when you've got a long lever on
> the handle you run the risk of accidentally shifting the jack
> stand--I've seen it happen, and it makes me nervous.
> 
> No lever is a lot of work.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Slim wrote:
>> Art,
>> 
>> To raise the boat any higher would require taller jacks.  But if you use
>> Bill's suggestion of pulling the trailer out from under the boat, you'd have
>> more room for the centerboard to drop down lower but you'd still need higher
>> jacks to drop it all the way.  Or I suppose you could dig a little trench in
>> the ground.  I confess I've never painted the entire board for this reason.
>> I've only painted a few inches of the leading edge.  One of these years when
>> I'm feeling particularly ambitious, I'll open up the centerboard cap inside
>> the cabin and pull the whole thing out from inside, paint it, replace the
>> line and maintenize as needed.  But if it ain't broke, I probably won't fix
>> it.
>> 
>> Bill,
>> 
>> Until you mentioned it a couple years ago, I didn't know there were jacks
>> with the tubes open at the bottom and never would have thought to ask. Mine
>> are a little tedious to crank up but I use a length of pipe for more
>> leverage, viewable in one of the pics I posted.  I feel very safe with the
>> trailer still under the boat but yes, chaining the jacks together is more
>> secure.  
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 2/15/07 11:44 AM, "Arthur H. Czerwonky" <czerwonky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> Slim,
>>> Thanks - pictures worth a million words.  Now how would you elevate further
>>> for the centerboard?  I really appreciate your response.
>>> Art
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>     
>>>> From: Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net>
>>>> Sent: Feb 15, 2007 1:30 AM
>>>> To: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
>>>> 
>>>> Art,
>>>> 
>>>> Here are some shots of Fandango up on the jacks being painted.
>>>> Slim
>>>> 
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>>>> DSC00006
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