[Rhodes22-list] Cracks in keel

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Graham,
I think what we all really mean is we have lift envy! What a great way to work on a hull.  - rob

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email List
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cracks in keel

For those with the audacity to suggest that my lift is a bit overkill all I can say is that, having now evaluated the situation through hindsight, I can confidently report that it is actually ridiculous overkill. 

It started as a much more modest idea and grew from there without me applying critical reasoning or feeling that I was so far into the project that I might as well finish it. That said, it has it uses as I have three boats - a 16' pontoon boat, a 20' wooden outboard and the Rhodes and have used the lift to work on the bottoms of each. Also I had a fear of working on the keel while lying on my back with the keel a few inches above my head.
I wanted to be able to sit while working on it and be able to get up and down more easily. I am 67 and getting up from a prone position every time I need a tool is exhausting. All that is weak rationalization for the effort and expense that was involved. Were I to do it again, I wouldn't. Given that I now have it, it is useful if entirely not justifiable.

Graham