Jacking Your Boat, was Potter 19....rocks 20

Cosens, Eric D (ecosens@indiana.edu)
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:07:47 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Gang,

Came across this site recently that describes and shows (with pictures) how
to raise your boat in a relatively easy fashion. While for a potter one may
only have to drive the trailer over a pit to get at the CB, some of us also
have other boats whose trailers prevent the CB from dropping. For these
types of boats, some sort of lifting of the boat off the trailer is required
(or if one wants to work on the bottom of their Potter). Hopefully this is
helpful. Your mileage may vary.

http://sites.netscape.net/oday20asylum/asylum.htm

Regards,
Eric
Montgomery 15 #412 "Lucy Maud"

-----Original Message-----
From: james nolan [mailto:nolan_laboratories@email.msn.com]
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:43 AM
To: Mac Davis
Cc: potter mail list
Subject: Re: Potter 19....rocks 20

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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All that jacking and lifting sounds real dangerous, but at least you can use
the altimeter function on your GPS. A better, quicker and safer weigh to
remove the keel is to go to either a garage that has a lift or to a garage
that has the sunken pit for guys to work under cars. Other methods that may
work are a boat hoist or a large back hoe with straps around the boat. Even
simpler would be to dig a deep hole, park the boat on the trailer above it
and discharge the keel (you could even do this in shallow water).
As far as altitude, I haven't sailed below 5200 feet elevation and the
practice pond out front is at 9000 feet elevation. Since it is closer to the
jetstream you can sail faster.

Jim Nolan P(N)-19, P-15, L138T, LGYC #6