How to turn over a SIB

[seasdes]

Newbie here. I have a jp Marine 3.8 SIB. All up weight of hull and floor is 100 kg. I plan to carry it on a box trailer upside down as it might be the easiest way to get it on the trailer solo.

My question is - what is the trick to turning this boat over and getting it onto a trailer.

Attached are a couple of photos of a previous much lighter hull of what I was planning to do. I have found it very difficult to handle the JP Marine on my own and a couple of small slips. This hull has an aluminium floor, wheras the previous hull had an air floor. However I can probably move an empty hull and floor on my own short distances on a sandy beach. Then, when I have the hull beside the trailer I was hoping to flip the boat over sideways so that one of the tubes rests on planks placed accross the trailer and then slide the rest of the boat onto and across the trailer. However, at 100 kg I am not so sure even though I am probably lifting only 50 kg at a time.

Loading the hull at the end of a day's diving and fishing is a lot harder than unloading at the start of the day.
Trailer assistants are not always available.

 

[ronaldj]

Re: How to turn over a SIB

The trick is to take out the floor. That is where your weight is.
The only other thing you can do is modify your trailer.

You could always replace your aluminium floor with an air floor.
Another option is to deflate the boat

 

[lncoop]

Re: How to turn over a SIB

What about putting a wider base on top of the trailer to accomodate the boat right side up? Shouldn't be difficult or expensive.

 

[seasdes]

Re: How to turn over a SIB

Thanks for your replies. They are very muchly appreciated.

I am trying to minimise dismatling the boat. Also it is more difficult for me to load the boat solo the right way up because I have to lift the boat higher because of the keel. Maybe I need to deflate the keel.