Bottom paint-Ty on trailer

[John]

In anticipation of the weather eventually getting warm enough here in northern Wisconsin to get my Ty out of storage, I wonder if any of you has a good idea for getting paint on the bottom of the boat while it sits on the trailer. My trailer has a thick plank on which the keel rests and a long 2 x 6 plank on each side supporting the hull just below the turn of the bilge (i.e. a couple of inches below the waterline). Each of these bunks is supported by 3 adjustable posts.

I assume I don't really need to worry about the underside of the keel but I have these big unpainted spots where the hull sits on the bunks (lloks like the PO had the same unresolved problem). How can I get the bunks out of the way without risking having the boat roll over on me? Should I perhaps think about replacing the bunks with, say, a 6" square pad atop each support so that in future I can drop them out of the way one at a time for painting?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John
Celia Anne/Sturgeon Bay, WI



john.hoft-march(nospam)@appleton.org

[Keith]

In anticipation of the weather eventually getting warm enough here in northern Wisconsin to get my Ty out of storage, I wonder if any of you has a good idea for getting paint on the bottom of the boat while it sits on the trailer. My trailer has a thick plank on which the keel rests and a long 2 x 6 plank on each side supporting the hull just below the turn of the bilge (i.e. a couple of inches below the waterline). Each of these bunks is supported by 3 adjustable posts.

I assume I don't really need to worry about the underside of the keel but I have these big unpainted spots where the hull sits on the bunks (lloks like the PO had the same unresolved problem). How can I get the bunks out of the way without risking having the boat roll over on me? Should I perhaps think about replacing the bunks with, say, a 6" square pad atop each support so that in future I can drop them out of the way one at a time for painting?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John
Celia Anne/Sturgeon Bay, WI

John,

If you can screw the pad down low enough for a paint roller to fit between it and the boat you can tie heavy line onto the winch(s) and run to nearby stout tree, truck bumper, or other stout object so the boat won't topple when you lower the pad on the opposite side from that which is tied off. You are just balancing the boat, provided it is sitting level on the trailer. Screw the pad back up as soon as paint is dried, then do likewise on other side. I wouldn;t go off and leave it unattended.

Keith CD25-D "Witness"



kwoodlaw@arkansas.net

[Ed Armstrong]

I haven't tried this, so I can't vouch for it's stability, but I've seen other people (with different boats than a Ty) use 2x4's under the rubrail to prop up the boat while dropping the bunkboards. I'll probably try this method when it comes time to paint my Ty's bottom (even though I have pads rather than one long board).

Regarding the pads vs. board question, I'd caution that if you go to pads, you could be more susceptible to hull deformation, if your keel isn't resting properly on the rollers. This happened to my boat's PO, and I've still got a pushed in port hull where the fiberglass creased and hasn't come back out.



ed.armstrong@innercite.com

[Roger]

Have exactly the trailer setup you do for my Ty. Put both a barrier coat and bottom paint on her while on the trailer. What I did was strap her down as if I was going travel down the road and also ran a third strap from the bow to the back end of the trailer opposite the side I planned to drop the plank. Next I lowered the three posts supporting the plank and then tried hanging from the rubrail on the side with the lowered plank to see if the boat wobbled or not. I pulled down gently first before eventually hanging down with all my weight. Finally I bounced up and down with all my weight hanging from the side with the lowered plank, and when I saw the boat and trailer didn't move I went underneath.

Good luck.
Roger

[sloopjohnl]

john,

my trailer has rollers instead of pads and a small board for the aft half of the keel. in the winter i run the jackstand on the tongue all the way up, put blocks under the front of the keel at the most bulbous point, then lower the jackstand all the way down. i then wind the board under the aft portion of the keel (this is attached to a cross member of the trailer which moves up and down by a screwjack) up to take more keel weight. this takes all the weight of the boat off the rollers which then act merely as stabiizers. to paint the bottom i put four 2x4's under the rubrail (2 fore and 2 aft) to replace the rollers as stabilizers, then remove the rollers for unencumbered acces to the hull.


In anticipation of the weather eventually getting warm enough here in northern Wisconsin to get my Ty out of storage, I wonder if any of you has a good idea for getting paint on the bottom of the boat while it sits on the trailer. My trailer has a thick plank on which the keel rests and a long 2 x 6 plank on each side supporting the hull just below the turn of the bilge (i.e. a couple of inches below the waterline). Each of these bunks is supported by 3 adjustable posts.

I assume I don't really need to worry about the underside of the keel but I have these big unpainted spots where the hull sits on the bunks (lloks like the PO had the same unresolved problem). How can I get the bunks out of the way without risking having the boat roll over on me? Should I perhaps think about replacing the bunks with, say, a 6" square pad atop each support so that in future I can drop them out of the way one at a time for painting?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

John
Celia Anne/Sturgeon Bay, WI

[John]

When you say "strapped down as for traveling", what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about one of those long, wide webbing straps as used for a powerboat? If so, where do you put it? Over the cabin top? Over the coamings? And what do you attach the third strap to at the bow - the bow cleat? Thanks much.

John

Have exactly the trailer setup you do for my Ty. Put both a barrier coat and bottom paint on her while on the trailer. What I did was strap her down as if I was going travel down the road and also ran a third strap from the bow to the back end of the trailer opposite the side I planned to drop the plank. Next I lowered the three posts supporting the plank and then tried hanging from the rubrail on the side with the lowered plank to see if the boat wobbled or not. I pulled down gently first before eventually hanging down with all my weight. Finally I bounced up and down with all my weight hanging from the side with the lowered plank, and when I saw the boat and trailer didn't move I went underneath.

Good luck.
Roger

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