wearing board along the sheer plank where it would
rest on the floor.
The day before, I used a trolley jack to raise the hull
off the building frame and rested it on some crates,
then from underneath I disassembled the entire
building frame and removed it.
Then I attached two retaining
ropes to the internal structure.
On the day of the move we
lowered the ends back down
onto the floor, and began to
raise the boat up on its side.
Just before we reached the
balance point, we realised we
were going to have to walk her
sideways across the floor as the
workshop wasn’t wide enough
for her to just be rolled. This was done by raising one
end and moving it across the floor, then lowering that
end and raising the other end and moving it across,
and so we slowly shuffled the hull back across until
there was room to lower her. Video can be seen here;
http://www.oconnorwoodenboats.com/videos/
Things were kept stable by keeping the hull just
before the balance point so she always wanted to go
back down to her original position and having most of
the team on that side of the boat until we had enough
room to roll over.
When we had enough room, it was time to finish the
turn. We raised the boat to its balance point. Unlike,
Jewell, once this boat reached the point of balance
she was reasonably stable, so there was time for
most of the team to move to the other side of the boatto be there to ease her down with a couple of guys
couple holding the retaining ropes. And then carefully
we rolled her down onto some padding.
When turning boats the main advice I would give is
to have a plan beforehand, taking into account the
size and weight of your boat, the room available, and
whether there is internal ballast.
As a rule the more hands the better, as long as the
people assisting are aware of what is needing to be
done, the last thing you need are people getting in the
way.things were kept stable by
keeping the hull just before
the balance point so she always
wanted to go back down to her
original position