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On Mar 22, 12:32*pm, anon-e-moose wrote:
hk wrote:
On 3/22/10 8:36 AM, wrote:
I have a 22' sea ray cuddy cabin on a trailer. *I'd like to paint the
bottom myself this year and save some money.


How do I get access to the whole bottom to paint it? *The trailer
wheels and rollers make this task impossible. There's really not much
room to work under there either.


The easiest and *safest* way would be to drive your boat to a marina
with the proper fork lift and have it blocked up in a manner so it
doesn't roll over on you while you are working on the bottom. You'll be
able to do most of the bottom. Then, when all you have left to sand and
paint are those parts of the bottom where the blocks are, have the
marina move the boat a little for you and reblock it.


In my opinion, your boat is too large, unwieldy and heavy to try to
"horse around" with a few friends. You could try to drop in on blocks
you've set up, but you'll be dealing with significant amounts of weight,
even on a 22-footer.


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Harry is even afraid of his outboard motor! He hasn't the skills, he's
afraid of everything, and he's fat and lazy.