Typhoon - Winter Storage

[Roger Rosenwald]

I'm a new Typhoon owner. Unless the manufacturer specifies otherwise, my understanding is that it's usual to store a boat with all it's weight on heavy wooden blocks under the keel, using boat stands only to hold the boat up. Is this the way you experts do it?

Thanks.



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[Dana]

Yes that is it exactly. Let the majority of the weight go to those 4x4 blocks under the keel. Use stands for steading the sideway motion. Else you can "oil can" those locations supported by the stands.



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[john]

as for myself, my typhoon weekender spends downtime on a trailer with articulating rollers on four support legs (loadrite trailer). i use a slight variation of the jackstands method. first i crank the jackstand on the tongue of the trailer to its highest level which raises the bow of the boat and the heaviest front end of the keel. i position 6x6 blocks and smaller shims under the front of the keel bottom. i then lower the jackstand to its lowest point which puts the weight onto the blocking and off the trailer rollers. next i crank up the the keel support pad of the trailer which supports the end of the keel about 12" forward of the bottom of the rudder. i raise this until the weight is taken off the rear set of trailer rollers. the rollers are then carrying no weight but rather act as supports to keep the boat from falling over. my boat on trailer is stored for the winter in a rather protected location out of high winds. if your storage area would be subject to high winds and you have a full canvas cover, this might not work for you.



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