Hull Turn Over - 1982
As you can see the hull was built upside-down. So this monumental day was the day it was turned right-side up.
These photos were scanned from 38 year old slides. Thanks to my good friend Fred Merrifield they have been re-touched to a viewable condition.
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| My brother Ron starting to fair the hull on the backside. | Another shot of him hard at work !! We did finish the filling and fairing before turn-over. |
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| All faired out, cover off, ready for the turn-over. | The crane arrives. |
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| Straps are hung from a from a harness and wrapped around the hull. Then the straps are rotated flipping the boat over. | Starting the roll over. |
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| Gotta keep rolling. | Slowly and carefully keep rotating.. You can just start to see the strong back. |
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| Over she comes. Forgot to take all my shit out of the strong back. | She's upright !! |
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| Ready for me to keep working on her... | |