Heavy Lifting

We have been working on the lifting rig to facilitate flipping the boat over.  Using some ideas from several other boat restorers, we made two wooden frames for lifting the boat for flipping.  Using doubled 2x4s and single 2x6s for headers, we bolted the frames together.



Four inch wide, thirty foot long recovery straps were ordered.  We also fabricated two rollers to hang from chain hoists to loop the straps through.  The keel rollers were turned in a lathe to remove the angled shoulder and allow the strap to run flat on the roller.

Our 18 year-old daughter helped setup the lifting rig.  We used the rafters in the garage as additional support, clamping the vertical supports to the rafter.

With everything setup, we are now ready to turn the Resorter over to begin work on the bottom.

Here is a time-lapse video of the building and setup of the lift rig.