Thanks! It does, indeed, have MMP on the transom. I was worried that the bowpiece and cleats would not support the weight. There are no good solid rafters in the garage. In fact, it doesn't look like they brace up against studs in the walls. I'll take your advice on blocking it and I'll get some 2x4s to help support the weight on the rafters. Chris On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:38 PM, jerry <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> wrote:
Does your garage have good solid rafters? If so, if it's one of my boats (MMP on the transom), get a couple of come-alongs and lift it by the bowpiece and the stern cleats. If no good rafters block it up under the keel.
jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smith" <chris.r.smith@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: monterey race
Jerry, Bob or anyone else:
I'm still in the process of painting my boat, and I've gotten lots of good advice here, so let me ask:
Are there any good strongpoints for jacking up a M15? Also, how big of contact points should I have with the hull?
I would like to get it up off the trailer to put the Prime coat on it and creating a frame in the garage to support the weight seems a bit untenable - perhaps it'd be simpler than jacking it up! In moving around the boat on the trailer with by standing up under it (I'm still kinda young...) it seems there are some areas that flex quite a bit more than others. Perhaps this is a sign of something else...
Anyway, here are some photos of my progress.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Chris.R.Smith/BoatProgress#
Thanks for the help!
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:41 PM, jerry <jerry@jerrymontgomery.org> wrote:
Does anybody know the date of the Monterey Potter race? I use to have
the website but my computor ate it.
tha nks
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