I have a 15 foot, aluminum, Cherokee boat. I am guessing it is circa 1960. It is the center boat in the pictures at this link, the picture is poor, and you can click on it to enlarge:<br />Boat pics <br /><br />The paint looks dull, and on the bottom of the boat the brown has worn to a layer of white. This boat is trailered, never stored in the water.<br /><br />I plan to paint the boat and my question centers around how to support it. I would like to use pulleys or winches from the building's center beam to lift the boat off the trailer for painting. I could use strapping around the bottom of the boat, but this means I will have to lift the boat, prep and prime, lower the boat to move the straps, lift the boat again and then prep and prime the areas where the straps were. I will have to repeat this process when it comes time to paint.<br /><br />Instead, I would rather lift the boat from the transom {without removing the 75hp outboard}, using the eyelets we ski from, and the bow {using the eyelet that the loading winch attaches to}. This would allow me to paint almost everything I can't get at while it is on the trailer.<br /><br />My concern is weight. Are these points sufficient to handle the stress. I can remove the fuel from the tank {located in the bow}, and I can remove both batteries, but there isn't any other significant weight I can remove.<br /><br />Open for suggestions.
