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[QUOTE]Nomadmusky - 7/2/2019  7:12 PM

I'm here to tell you when I crawl under there I have a lot of work to do, but at the same time smile, remembering about half of them and how I go them!  At least I can smile about them now.

Here is my challenge; I've become quite proficient with West Marine epoxy and glass work, but now I will be working overhead with a boat on the trailer.

Here is my question: Has anyone done this? How or is there a way to easily get the boat off the trailer and up in the air at a working height?

I have chips from the outside from hitting rocks and stumps and other floating or shallow things, bad wear from the keel running over things, sand, rocks, being dragged up on shore, I have punctures from, I'm embarrassed to say, but screw holes from the inside out that I did while redoing the inside of the boat.

Here is what it will require: I need to clean it down good, sand and grind the bad spots out to get rid of the bad material so I have good material to glass and epoxy to, which means I will be laying on my back in the driveway sanding or using a Dremel tool overhead.  Someone suggested I simply back it up onto car ramps to get the height, which may be the simplest idea, but I'm open to other ideas.

Let me know your thoughts.

Nomad[/QUOTE]

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Posted 7/2/2019 7:12 PM (#941649)
Subject: My Tuffy Esox LTD hull bottom needs to be refinished

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This is the 30th year of this hull on the water, flowages, rivers, rocky shore lunches, night fishing etc. Now that the rest of my boat is refinished I want to redo all the scratches, gouges and chips in the glass and gel.

I'm here to tell you when I crawl under there I have a lot of work to do, but at the same time smile, remembering about half of them and how I go them! At least I can smile about them now.

Here is my challenge; I've become quite proficient with West Marine epoxy and glass work, but now I will be working overhead with a boat on the trailer.

Here is my question: Has anyone done this? How or is there a way to easily get the boat off the trailer and up in the air at a working height?

I have chips from the outside from hitting rocks and stumps and other floating or shallow things, bad wear from the keel running over things, sand, rocks, being dragged up on shore, I have punctures from, I'm embarrassed to say, but screw holes from the inside out that I did while redoing the inside of the boat.

Here is what it will require: I need to clean it down good, sand and grind the bad spots out to get rid of the bad material so I have good material to glass and epoxy to, which means I will be laying on my back in the driveway sanding or using a Dremel tool overhead. Someone suggested I simply back it up onto car ramps to get the height, which may be the simplest idea, but I'm open to other ideas.

Let me know your thoughts.

Nomad