Flipping a 17ft Chris Craft

[ncuster]

I am currently restoring a '68 Chris Craft Ski. The boat has been in the family since it's birth and it's time to do some work on the bottom. I have built a skeleton for the inside so that it doesn't stress the frame in the flipping process.

Is there a secret to flipping these things over? I just can't think of a safe way to do it.

Any input is greatly appreciated!

[SeaSpark]

How to flip an upside down 15 foot boat?
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11409

How to flip a CAL-20
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8983

[VKRUE]

Hey Ncuster:

Have you attempted to flip your boat yet.

I'm a little late to read your thread but might be able to help if it's not to late.

[Texas Boater]

I too would like to know the outcome - and take pics if you have a digital camera.

Its been raining every week here on the Gulf Coast and I've been using every excuse I can to put off filipping my boat over!:D

[VKRUE]

As mentioned in another thread or somewhere around here... I placed a temporary re-inforcing stud under two rafters in the center of my garage, one fore and the other aft. I then suspended the bow from the fore rafter with a nylon strap atached to the bow hook. I also suspended the transom from the other rafter by first stretching a nylon strap with a (loop in the center) from the tie down / ski hooks on either side of the transom and then attaching another nylon strap from the rafter down to the "loop". Jack / or lift the boat straight up, tighting the straps as I go, on each end and when the boat is high enough I was able to literaly spin the thing over.

A bit of care jacking (or lifting with an engine hoist / cherry picker) up the boat again, to relieve the tension off of the nylon straps and let her back down. I sat my boat on a couple of very short saw horses that I made just for this project.

This worked slicker than @#%&. I was able to flip the boat BY MYSELF in approximatly 30 minutes.

My boat is a 17' plywood power boat with a cuddy cabin... and is longing to be worked on again, something that has been forced to the back burner due to moving to a new residence. Bigger & better garage now too :)

Best of luck all....:D :D :D