Is there any reason why this shouldn't work on a M17? The chainplate are on the side of the cabintop, but I would assume that the stresses would be spread out pretty equally. I have always used slings and chainfalls to hoist my boats, but if the chainplates would hold the load it would make the job many times simpler. What kind of attachment to the plates do you use? S hooks? I'm intrigued by the idea of lifting Osprey II more easily than my current method, which works but causes some gnashing of teeth when I'm trying to locate the straps.
[Original Message] From: Stan Winarski <winarski@home.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Date: 12/28/01 12:46:38 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: OK, a couple more questions...
The Montgomery will hang very nicely suspended by the front and side chain plates and the stern traveler. I hang mine in my garage (eye hooks deeply inserted into overhead joists) by raising the front of the trailer to hook the bow then using come-alongs on the sides tying off a stern line as the stern rises.
Once raised lash safety timbers (two to a side) and remove the trailer. I've used this method three times to paint the hull and once to repair the swing keel. I also position a very substantial block an inch or two under the keel so that if anything ever did give way, it wouldn't have more than a few inches to drop.
Be careful lowering and raising the centerboard, it will drop like a very heavy rock.
Stan M15, #177 Carol II
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