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Blocking Height
- Peter3607
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Blocking Height
Also, how much distance should be between the blocks?
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- bud37
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Re: Blocking Height
You could put an angle finder on the swim platform with the boat in the water, take a reading.....if it drains back to where you want that way then you will know what angle to set the boat at in the yard....well close to it anyway.
- Peter3607
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Re: Blocking Height
bud37 wrote:Source of the post Will you be doing the lift and blocking yourself ??
You could put an angle finder on the swim platform with the boat in the water, take a reading.....if it drains back to where you want that way then you will know what angle to set the boat at in the yard....well close to it anyway.
The lifting and blocking will be done by my marina.
I have stands for side support, I just need to measure up wooden blocks for the keel to sit on.
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Re: Blocking Height
Minimum of three sets of blocks for your boat...Imo.
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Re: Blocking Height
Is your garboard plug right at the stern?
If so, then I would not even remove it. I removed mine the first year to two, but since the engine room bilge is much lower than the stern, you'd still have quite a bit of water in there anyways. Plus, you'd have to remove the plugs between the engine room and aft cabin so the water could flow. It will also NOT empty any of the water forward of the engine room, as that bulkhead is solid with no pass-throughs.
Pump the bilge dry and make sure there's no way for water to get inside the boat when it rains and it will be dry when you go look at it in the spring.
My boat gets blocked with a slightly positive angle (bow up) just to make sure the deck always drains. Mine usually has 4 sets of blocks, evenly spaced. Then there are two sets of stands... one set right at/near the transom and the second set at/near where the forward sling would be.
NOW... BIG CAUTION.... Check the last few feet of your keel to see if it's solid or hollow!!! Just tap on it for the first few feet and see if it sounds any different. The last two feet my my keel is hollow and WILL NOT support the boat weight, so you CAN NOT block under this area. For the first ~20 years I had my boat this was never an issue (I had noticed this one of the first years I had the boat, so I reminded the marina each year). However, one year they put a block on there and it cracked the fiberglass when they lowered it down. They had to do the repair and it took the boat out of service for a couple weeks.
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Re: Blocking Height
BTW, the above assumes reasonably stable ground and adjustments to blocking must be considered based on ground conditions. Your marina should be familiar with their space. It's also imperative that the stands be checked periodically throughout the winter, especially as temps vary considerably at the beginning and end of winter.
Will she be shrink-wrapped?
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