Greetings, Looking for a good book on boat repair/maintenance. Wondering
about painting the bottom of a sail boat. I understand that the manufacture
will give the proper procedure for applying there product but I need to know
the basics like how to move a boat (22') off a trailer on to stands and how
to keep from creating lap lines when the boat is resting on the surface I
need to paint. Thanks Jay

I used:

Title: Painting & Varnishing
Note: Part of "The Wooden Boat Series"
On Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...077227645/sr=1
-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6075751-0116623?v=glance&s=books


I don't know about this one, but it looks good:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...077227645/sr=1
-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-6075751-0116623?v=glance&s=books





I need to know
the basics like how to move a boat (22') off a trailer on to stands

We built a lifting rig. But that's probably a bit much just to paint
your boat. (We were doing a complete restoration.) But you can also
put the boat on the jacks and slowly pull the trailer out from under
it. You will have to stop and move the jacks a bunch of times - every
time a crossmember of the trailer "hits" a jack. Slow & painful - but
should be doable. Might need extra jacks or blocking to do it.

and how
to keep from creating lap lines when the boat is resting on the surface I
need to paint. Thanks Jay


I'm no expert - but with our bottom paint (Interlux Micron CSC) it really
didn't matter. It doesn't produce a nice "finish" like the top paint. It
is fairly
rough. You can paint a little section and once it drys you really can't see
any lap lines between areas painted at one time and those painted at
another.


Hope that helps.

Gary