Now that we are ready to roll the Resorter over, what are we waiting for? On Christmas Day, with family able to help, we tried turning the boat over. Unfortunately, the lift straps wanted to walk off the rollers.
So we set the boat back onto the cradle and tried several different ideas to solve the problem, but none worked. Finally, we decided the rollers needed the shoulder machined off, so we sent them off with my dad for modification. Lights out for now.
On the following Sunday, with a few more bodies to help with the roll, we tried again with the adjusted rollers.
Up went the chain hoists, out went the cradle and slowly we started turning the boat.
And still, the straps tried to walk off the rollers. But, this time with the extra help we simply lifted the boat, re-positioned the straps and continued on. Checking for clearance with the garage floor as we neared vertical, a little higher with the hoists was all that was needed.
Pulling the port side under, and stopping a couple of times to adjust the straps, we finally had the boat upside down.
Holding the boat to prevent it from trying to right itself, we lowered it onto some dollies with high density foam padding, and started breaking down the lift rig.
Here is a time-lapse video showing the successful flip.
Thank you to everyone who helped build the flip rig and work thru getting the Resorter on her back. Now it is time to get the bottom planks off to start frame repairs.
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