Pat, I had my M17 suspended by the toerails for a month while I stripped off the old bottom paint and repainted it. I attached the ropes to three points on each side to spread the load. I also had support ropes slung under the hull for extra protection. These were moved out of the way as needed. In case all the lines failed, I had 4 by 4's criss crossing both fore and aft about a foot below the hull. This allowed room to do the work, but would catch the boat hopefully before it crushed me. Everything went fine. No problems. Larry On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:30:20 -0600 "Earthlink" <patbritton@earthlink.net> writes:

Hi sailors, I,m new to this so I hope I,m doing it right, and that it works. I have a 17,er #336 that I want to paint the bottom of and plan to suspend it from a frame work by the toe rails. I saw pictures of this procedure on msog. It makes me a little nervous although I see that it did work. Has anybody else ever done this?, if so I would appreciate hearing about before I start this project. I've had my boat since last May and really love it. I,m a novice sailor, but guite a do it your selfer, and am ready to go. Thanks in advance for the help., Pat _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats

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