Hey Cherri-- I am in the process of renovating my centerboard and keel stub right at the moment, and also wanted to replace my trailer's bunk boards, all of which required me to get my boat off of the trailer and on to something else. What I did was to build two very sturdy "sawhorse" type stands. (when I say very sturdy, I mean I used landscape timbers and 4x4s braced diagonally with 2x4s -- I realize this MAY have been over-engineered, but I really don't want the boat falling on me when I'm underneath it) I also reinforced one of the ceiling joists in my little one-car garage with 2 2x8s sistered in with the regular 2x4 joist. wedging one of the stands underneath the stern of the boat, just behind the keel stub, I then lifted the front of the boat with cable jacks hanging from the reinforced ceiling joist, and a very heavy-duty nylon webbing strap underneath the hull just in front of the keel. When it was elevated enough, I pulled the trailer out and put the other stand in. I forgot to mention that I had placed 2 12-ft 2x4s lengthwise across both stands, about a foot and a half from the centerline of the boat. It is these 2x4s that the boat hull actually rests on. They have bowed a bit to conform to the contour of the hull. Needless to say, these need to be inside the strap as the boat is lifted before the second stand is put in. All in all, pretty simple. The most time consuming thing was the time it took to build the "sawhorses" -- and probably the hardest for me was sistering in the 2x8s in the celing. But neither of these will need to be done again, so next time I need to lift it, it should go pretty quickly. Good luck!
I am wondering if anyone has ever built a boat cradle for an M-15 to do work on the hull and , if so, what the specs were on it. I need to do bottom paint and would rather not have to pay a marina to lift it.
Cherri M-15 #322 Cherri's Jubilee
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