The original plan was to raise and flip the float half before sliding it over into position along a set of rails or something. But once I got it into the air I realized it would be a simple matter to swing it across the shop just like a monkey swings through trees.
The neat thing is that I was able to do this by myself in a few hours which is always a reward in and of itself. After getting everything in place I spent the next four hours cleaning and organizing the shop.
Next on the list is to get everything lined up to mark the exact location of the other two bulkhead halves. They should line up exactly, but since I wasn't absolutely sure I thought it would be better to wait and get the precise locations marked. Then I need to get the aft section of the float cut to match before gluing the halves together.
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| Hull half lifted from cradle |
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| Battens and Form frames knocked down |
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| Rotating by hand to invert |
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| Now flipped and resting on some saw horses until I can get things in place for the swing over to the other side of the shop |
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Ropes set up in the middle of the shop to take up the slack when the pulley's are released.
This is what makes the swing. |
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| Lifting the float half high enough to allow for a swinging action over to the center tables |
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| And just as easy as that, I lowered the hull and it swung right over to the middle of the shop |
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| Resetting the lines for swinging over the other float half |
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| I have no cleats in the shop, so the lines were tied off to the strongbacks |
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| In place and resting on some lumber while I re-group and clean up the shop |
