I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,--but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. (OWH)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wind gusts up to 58mph lifted this 2200# boat off its trailer.
The mast missed the boat next to it by just inches... other wise it would have been "curtains" for something , either the mast itself or stuff on the deck boat.
Somehow I knew you would be curious Nathan. No problem laying it on its belly. It wants to "self right". Then stabilized the stern using jacks and raising it up about 1 1/2 feet onto solid blocks. Then started with the bow and jacked and blocked until it was about the same as the stern.(the blocks there had to be almost in the middle of the keel. Still not high enough so I took off the trailer wheels and slid everything as far under as I could. (now it is almost half way on) As I was scratching my head for the next step, Ryan pulls up in his pickup and did a quick "eval". His idea was to chain the back of the TRAILER to his pickup and the bow of the sailboat to my pickup and pull in opposite directions. It worked. Now I just have to pick up a new bow eye. Dad
That's quite the achievement and I'm sure this was followed with some well deserved brewskis. It seems very convenient that Ryan shows up after all the physical labor takes place and then decides to do his part with his pickup. I wonder if he glassed you from across the lake to ensure he offered help at the right time.
All I know Nathan is he showed up with a hot engine and smok'n tires, with all kinds of tow ropes and chains and US Navy "shackles". The theory on "glassing" me explains why he kept referring to some notes on a crumpled piece of paper. That eval could have been going on for sometime... Thanks for pointing out who did all the HEAVY LIFTING. Dad
Wind gusts up to 58mph lifted this 2200# boat off its trailer.
6 comments:
Wow! That is one amazing wind gust. I'm glad the boat survived, for the most part!
Love you!
no way!
Looks like you took the boats out of the water in a hurry. So no real damage eh? How did you right the boat anyway?
Somehow I knew you would be curious Nathan. No problem laying it on its belly. It wants to "self right". Then stabilized the stern using jacks and raising it up about 1 1/2 feet onto solid blocks. Then started with the bow and jacked and blocked until it was about the same as the stern.(the blocks there had to be almost in the middle of the keel. Still not high enough so I took off the trailer wheels and slid everything as far under as I could. (now it is almost half way on) As I was scratching my head for the next step, Ryan pulls up in his pickup and did a quick "eval". His idea was to chain the back of the TRAILER to his pickup and the bow of the sailboat to my pickup and pull in opposite directions. It worked. Now I just have to pick up a new bow eye.
Dad
That's quite the achievement and I'm sure this was followed with some well deserved brewskis. It seems very convenient that Ryan shows up after all the physical labor takes place and then decides to do his part with his pickup. I wonder if he glassed you from across the lake to ensure he offered help at the right time.
All I know Nathan is he showed up with a hot engine and smok'n tires, with all kinds of tow ropes and chains and US Navy "shackles". The theory on "glassing" me explains why he kept referring to some notes on a crumpled piece of paper. That eval could have been going on for sometime... Thanks for pointing out who did all the HEAVY LIFTING. Dad
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