Sunday July 14, 2008

The big day, moving Festivus out of the shop and onto its trailer.  Son James, friend Pete  and I built a ramp to elevate the boat enough to enable us to slide the trailer under it.  We jacked the boat off of its cradle, put 2" pvc rollers under it and rolled it up the gentle incline onto the ramp.  the boat was blocked up, the ramp removed and the trailer pulled under it.  We lowered the boat onto the trailer, adjusted the bunks, had to remove the fenders and moved the whole unit out into the yard, threatened rain, showered a bit but we made it.  I contemplated using a crane to set the boat onto the trailer but the price motivated me to find a better way, we Yankees are thrifty.