It's official. I'm in the club now!

[mmwjr]

Originally Posted by Kevlar7r

Floated it the other day, and it will definitely need some more flotation on the bow. Picked up about 300 pounds, but the bow was getting close to going under. 2 barrels on outriggers should do it.

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Here comes Gilligan

[Kevlar7r]

Originally Posted by mmwjr

Here comes Gilligan

Hahaha! Yea, it's pretty funny looking. But if it works, I don't care.

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[mrt214]

Well it's not like you plan on using it for Light up night, right. Right?

[mmwjr]

Originally Posted by mrt214

Well it's not like you plan on using it for Light up night, right. Right?

Maybe for the Christmas parade.

[Kevlar7r]

She floats! Gawd this thing looks silly. It should take 800 pounds to force those barrels underwater, and that's all I'm expecting to lift.

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[mmwjr]

Cannot wait to see pictures of it in action.

[shrew]

I hope there are large wasters or a backing plate under those support arms going aft. I have to say that attractive and functional are mutually exclusive. No, you won't have girls in bikinis dancing on it at the sandbar, but it looks like you stand a good chance of getting the job done.

Time to go recover those old sunken logs for cash.

[Kevlar7r]

Originally Posted by shrew

I hope there are large wasters or a backing plate under those support arms going aft. I have to say that attractive and functional are mutually exclusive. No, you won't have girls in bikinis dancing on it at the sandbar, but it looks like you stand a good chance of getting the job done.

Time to go recover those old sunken logs for cash.

The support arms are lag bolted into a corner of the fiberglass where it is thicker and stronger, however I found on working loose yesterday when I did my first lift. I abandoned the job and will be installing a large support plate behind the fiberglass.

Also poling it just a 100 yards or so was a nightmare with wind and current, so ordered up a trolling motor.

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[Kevlar7r]

I only had the barrels strapped on with a ratchet strap and one started working loose, so I need to figure out a better attachment method for those.

This is a 25' piling stuck at an angle in about 8 feet of water. If not for quitting due to the barrel and concerns on the support arms, I could have gotten this one vertical.

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[shrew]

Once it gets stood up, are you going to re-drive it?

[Kevlar7r]

Originally Posted by shrew

Once it gets stood up, are you going to re-drive it?

Yes, but not there. It belongs about 100 feet from where it is stuck.

My plan is to pull it up and get it unstuck, then lay it down and let it float. Drag it around to where I need to be, drill the hole with a pressure washer with a 14' wand, stand it up and drop it in the hole. Then adjust as necessary with the pressure washer to get it to the right depth.

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[XBS]

Interesting old thread, what ever happened? Do you still own the boat?