[Public-List] Lifting Alberg 30's - addl

[John Birch]

Yes you are right - it is a dopey idea to try to actually raise the boat 
with the screw jacks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca>
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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Lifting Alberg 30's


> For transport you need, like cradle storing, the full weight on the keel, 
> but the screw jacks tighter, but not deflecting the hull
>
> When on a cradle I have the screw jacks snug enough to prevent toppling 
> but not actually deflecting the hull and can, with some effort, twist the 
> pads themselves by hand.
>
> You should then secure the boat with robust tie down straps over the top 
> or to the toe rail down to the trailer ensuring they do not mar the hull 
> before trailering so the boat can't bounce.
>
> I can't comment on going through the aperture because I have never done 
> that and am not sure about the glass thickness layup there
>
> Yes that is the horn timber above and slightly behind the rudder curving 
> aft.
>
> ATB
>
> John
>
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> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:38 AM
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>
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>>
>>
>> John and all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your insight.
>>
>>
>>
>> Some have suggested raising the boat while on the trailer or cradle by 
>> using the screw jacks. I never thought that was a good idea. Even though 
>> I have three jacks per side with 16" square carpeted pads I felt that the 
>> point loading would damage the hull. Please comment.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also please comment on my procedure of placing the aft strap thru the 
>> prop aperature to just scoot the boat forward the final 12" to the bow 
>> stop. When the Travel Lift operator does this the forward end of the keel 
>> is sliding al ong on the carpeted keel support while the aft end of the 
>> boat is only lifted enough to scoot forward.
>>
>>
>>
>> To unload the boat from the trailer the operator places the aft strap 
>> thru the prop aperature and scoots the boat aft 12" or so with both 
>> straps, only raising the boat ever so slightly to allow it to slide on 
>> the trailer's center keel support. The boat is then set back on the 
>> trailer and the aft strap repositioned under the aft section of the keel 
>> just forward of the rudder shoe for the lift into the water.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW is the horn beam that thicker part of the hull just above the rudder?
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael
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