Flipping a hull..
 

SmallBoats.com wrote:
Ugh, this is the part I hate.. Today I will take the Brockway to the
back yard and tie it to a tree. Then I will drive the trailer out from
under it.. that's the easy part. Next I will start to lever and wedge
the hull over with 2x4s and work it up a few inches at a time with
sticks stuck up under the gunnels until I get it up on it's side.
After that, I will carefully work my way to the transom, balancing the
hull on its side and work my way around to the other side. Then I will
let it down as easily as possible until it gets to a point of terminal
force and I just move out of the way.. Fortunately, it's a beefy boat
and can take a real beating. A friend borrowed a smaller one once and
dropped it off the top of his truck at 55 mph.. The thing didn't even
bust, just scratched the heck out of the paint;) Wish me ducks:)

Scotty from SmallBoats.com





One would think that a guy who builds small wood boats would have a pair
of rolling jack stands with an arm and a bow ring connector on one and
transom clamps on the other. Purpose of these is to allow boats up to a
certain weight and length to be flipped over for bottom painting and
such like. Certainly would accommodate a 16' rowboat like the one you built.

How do I know this?

It's how we flipped over the larger rowboats and dories for painting at
my father's boatyard 60 years ago. The smaller ones were simply flipped
over by a couple of guys and rested on sawhorses.

A lot easier on the boat than pulling it off the trailer, banging it on
the ground, and then banging it a few more times while flipping it over.