David, I built a half dozen jacks out of lumber with threaded rods in them and gradually pulled the boat off the trailer and as I did so I inserted three pairs of jacks under the hull. Had it that way for over a year and was able to totally rehab the board as well as redo the hull painting. Just reversed the procedure to get the boat back on the trailer. Send me your email and I can show you a picture of how I built the jacks. Fair winds, Tom B This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 2:08 AM, David Eisner via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
People must have lifted their boats. How about some ideas, please. My keel is stuck also. (Along with a leak...) Thanks, David Eisner Dancer
-----Original Message----- From: David Rifkind <drifkind@acm.org> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sat, Feb 13, 2016 9:34 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: Trunk Disease
On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:07 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
so in the centerboard stuck?
what brand of trailer do you have?
I don’t know if the centerboard is stuck but I don’t think so. My father in law says it worked the last time the boat was in the water. Indications are the joint sprung while sitting on the trailer for 10+ years.
The trailer is an EZ Loader: wishbone frame, two rollers under the back half of the keel (supporting the edge of the centerboard), six wobble rollers on each side. I’ve been trying to figure out if it can be jacked up. The axle and the crossmember carrying the rollers would have to come off. That leaves only the rearmost crossmember[*], right under the tail of the keel, which (with something to fill the gap) would support the keel if that 4” patch is enough to, basically, hold up the whole boat.
On odd-numbered days it looks like a good idea and on ever-numbered days it looks impossible. (And Friday the 13th comes on a Friday this month.)
[*] Plus a cross-brace up near the fork.