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.