Upside Down

Well the i have been fearing is here, turning over the boat. Thanks to Don Danenbergs book and forum, Brandotowns" youtube videos and other bloggers i felt i had the knowledge and resources to complete the flip. As you can see by the photo i bought some pallet racking for the gantry set up, it worked great! i saw a 1940 Chris Craft blog where he used small pieces of pipe and bearings as rollers. I thought i copied these pretty well, but they failed! I think i had the chain too long and they twisted right away.

We pulled the straps through the hooks, made it half way but had to rerig to complete. I will need to have this ready for flipping back, i think if i shorten the chain or put a bolt through the links it will prevent it from twisting again.

On to bottom work!

Farewell Randy Streblow

Randy Streblow passed away Nov 1, 2011. I had a few more chances to visit with randy after my last blog. He was a great guy and full of knowledge. For a nice tribute go to www.streblowboatowners.com    I am going to miss Randy Streblow!