Thanks Dave I don’t think my floating dry dock lift will need bunks like a trailer. I think I can support the weight resting on the keel and have some uprights to steady it??? Not a rough ride like a trailer. My floats will be (4) 50 gal plastic drums which should give me 4x50x8=1600 lbs of lift if water is 8 lbs per gal……right? To lift the hull I plan to pump air into the drums and let air out to lower it. Capt Jim SV Pelican Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2023 10:13:53 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Re: Loft drawings for M15 Jim. 3 or 4 Sage 17s are on lifts. The mechanical kind not the floating kind. Just duplicate the spacing of the trailer bunks. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: former owner SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com On Sat, May 27, 2023, 10:07 Jim Sadler <jimsadler@jascopacific.com> wrote:
Dave
When the Pelican is in the slip I plan to have it setting on a float so it is out of the salt water. The float will be submersible and "float" and raise the boat out of the water when pumped up
I know .....this is nuts but I want to eliminate my bottom maintenance expence.
Capt Jim
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2023 9:45 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: M_Boats: Re: Loft drawings for M15
Jim:
Like a boat lift?
:: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: former owner SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com
On Sat, May 27, 2023, 09:11 Jim Sadler <jimsadler@jascopacific.com> wrote:
Are lofted drawings available for M15?
Or scale model?
I want to build dry dock that matches the hull profile
Tha nks Skippers
Capt Jim SV Pelican M15