Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Skipper's Sailfish Hoist and Super Sailfish TRACKER

 17 Aug 21:

After draining TRACKER's bilge, Skipper towed the work dolly around to the Sunfish Shack. But first the John Deere E130 WILEY had a chat with an excavator, which was visiting the Mid Atlantic Station to extend our driveway.


Skipper never moved anything heavy in the theater without a block and tackle, so she designed a Sunfish/Sailfish hoist for us to use, utilizing nice bronze Alcort hardware and vintage Sunfish sheets. One end of the sheet snap shackles to a repurposed bridle eyestrap.


The sheet runs under the boat and then through a halyard block.


One end of the boat is lifted and the sheet gets tied off to a halyard cleat.


Voila! We have also found that it is easy to turn the boats over while they are in the hoist, a great side benefit.


Work dolly and caboat strongback departing the area.




Log of the Sunfish Shack.

Log of TRACKER.

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