-From: Gail & Tom Hill
>Friends,
>I performed "trials" on how to use it to lift the keel last winter, so this
is from
>memory and may have a few "bugs" in it. I assumed that in a problem
>situation, the existing stock keel cable blocks, keel winch cable or keel
winch
>could all be non-functional, so I tried to avoid using them. I tied a
line
>between the rear docking cleats as tight as I could. Another line was
secured to
>the keel, then run through a block which was attached to one of the fixed
>blocks mounted on the ceiling of the cabin, and secured to the end of the
>extended winch cable. Then I used the Come Along in the cockpit to lift
the
>keel, staying away from the keel and the line of the cable in case anything
>should break or let go.
>
All P-19 owners
Last year, when my keel cable failed, I used the main sheet (with its'
blocks) to raise the keel. I hooked it up in about the same way that Tom
set up his come-along except I used all three blocks on the keel end.
Larry