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Ideas for elevating the boat for painting?
schoir22	#1  Posted on 04/06/09 - 7:01 PM
Member Posts: 28 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/26/08	I plan on painting the hull (waterline down) of my nauset with Interlux Perfection. Water line up is fine. At the very least the hull should be painted in 3 sections port, starboard, transom. In order to do this I need to raise the boat completely off the trailer or tilt the boat on one side. This type of paint doesn't lend itself to sliding the boat in one direction or another to paint where the bunks normally sit. I have an engine hoist. Any ideas for raising the nauset off the trailer while I paint her? I though of boat stands but the bottom of the boat would rest right on the stands given the shape of the hull.
ioptfm	#2  Posted on 04/07/09 - 7:35 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	If you have an enjine hoist you should be able to lift the stern......slowly slid the trailer out and position something like a sturdy saw horse under the boat........Paint the area up to the supports....let it dry then slid the swahorses one way or the other and paint the unpainted area Tom 1979 Sport 15'
schoir22	#3  Posted on 04/07/09 - 7:44 AM
Member Posts: 28 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/26/08	What I am worried about is the area between the dried paint and the newly painted ares. Perfection is a high gloss paint that should look almosts sprayed when finished. The motor will be off, so we are looking at 900-1000lbs
MOB	#4  Posted on 04/07/09 - 8:03 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 34 Comments: 2 Joined: 04/26/06	Lower the trailer as far as possible, block the stern of the boat up with a variety of setups. Jack stands work great if you use wood between the hull and support plate. Got a chainsaw? Measure the distance between the bottom of the hull and ground when the stern is lifted, go find a 16" dia tree that is down and custom cut to use for blocking the stern up. Smiley face here. Point is, block the stern all you want, all you need is to leave the bed rail area accessible for painting. Now use the tongue jack to raise the boat. Make sure both sides of both tires are blocked. Double check to make sure your fwd bed rails are ok. Lay a couple of temporary spacers between the gap between the hull and rails for added balance and safety. Reverse this process to paint the bow area.
bigmike0601	#5  Posted on 04/13/09 - 3:02 PM
Member Posts: 50 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/29/09	I did this just yesterday. I've got a 64' Currituck no motor on it while doing this, but I'll do it next year with it on. Engine hoist and 1x20' tow strap with heavy duty hooks. Sling middle of boat and lift it up. You'll have to go up and down several times to find the middle of the boat with both the strap and the lifting point. Once you've found it get it off the trailer and paint away. Don't do it on a windy day or it'll scare you. The strap area should be paintable when back on the trailer. Sounds crazy, but it works and it's easy. I use to do blocks, but that's just too much work.
kamie	#6  Posted on 04/13/09 - 4:03 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 2975 Comments: 3 Joined: 11/04/05	Can you drop the bunks on the trailer? That way the only thing not painted would be the keel where it sits on the rollers.
Binkie	#7  Posted on 04/13/09 - 8:31 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	Personally, I wouldn`t get underneath a boat hanging from a hoist, and swinging in the breeze. That's not the way I want to go. Rich