She be flipped!

After getting the OK from the storage area landlord, we identified an area where the boat can be placed upside down on sawhorses and it's been flipped! The saw horses are 4' wide each; one is across the very back of the boat (aft of the cockpit) and the other is on the foredeck, right in front of the mast hole. The saw horses are padded with some sweet blue foam I found at the yard, and I added extra on ends of the saw horses where the boat curves up, to help support the boat and make it more stable on the saw horses. Before putting the saw horses where they are, I cleaned up the area by removing what was probably years of dirt & mud, along with random debris.

Getting the boat flipped is important so that the wood on the bottom of the boat can be repaired: remove rotten wood, put in filler, sand, paint, etc. It took the help of 3 other guys at the storage yard to flip the boat. I think the boat could be carried by 2 people, but you need at least 3 to flip it over... and having a 4th made the job really simple. On paper, the boat ways 275lbs, but I'm not sure if that is the boat by itself or if that includes the mast & other rigging. The big silver tarp I bought covers the whole length of the boat which is very convenient. It is secured down to the sawhorses using bungee cords. The boat should stay nice and dry now so that none of this hard work is wasted!

My only issue now is finding a little stool so that I can reach the top of the boat! ;)