This video shows how we removed "Seanachai" our 1986 swing keel Catalina 22 from a boat trailer on land, using boat stands. It's not a "how to" video, but rather a "how we did it." At just under 13 minutes we show how we raised the boat above the trailer onto boat stands and systematically arranged the stands to pull the trailer out from under the boat. The actual process took 3 hours! With the trailer out of the way, we rolled in a keel cradle, which was built according to specifications by Rocco Dryfka in an article that appeared in Good Old Boat Magazine March/April 2017. With the keel cradle in place, we easily lowered the 550 lb. cast iron keel to inspect the pivot pin and cable wire.
14 окт 2024