The lifting frame can be easily erected almost anywhere. It is a great tool to have when you need to elevate the Rhodes 22 for maintenance, emergency repairs or, as in the next paragraph, to load a Rhodes 22 onto a trailer without a forklift or crane.

Back in 2006, Hank bought a Rhodes 22 that had been sitting on jack stands and some blocks in an old boatyard in Port Jefferson, NY, not too far from my home. Nobody from the yard was available when Hank came with a trailer to pick up his new toy so I showed him how to lift her. A quick trip to a nearby Home Depot to build an A-frame and winch the bow up high enough to slip the trailer under her and she was on her way to her new home!

Original posting:
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2006-September/034144.html

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I’d rather be sailing :~)

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of david sempek via Rhodes22-list
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint

Great stuff to know. I also have a dirt and gravel driveway and was wondering how i was going to lift the boat for painting.  

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  On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:26 PM, Michael D. Weisner<mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:   I have safely lifted my R22 off the trailer for bottom painting for the
nearly 40 years.  I generally leave the trailer under the boat while painting, for my own comfort, but she has never fallen.

The lifting system requires 2 12'-4x4s (for the "A-frame", use 16' 4x4s if you can find them), 3 8'-4x4s (for the "Pi-frame"), 2 8'-2x6s, 2 chain hooks w/3' of 3/8" chain to engage the lifting eyes at the stern or a 20' tow chain w/hooks (2-ton test), 1 chain coupler (or bolt) , 5 10"-1/2" carriage bolt/nut/washer, 4 5"-1/2" carriage bolt/nut/washer, 1 2-ton and 1 1-ton "come along" winches.  The entire assembly can be purchased from Harbor Freight / Home Depot for about $200.

Basically, the 2 12' (or 16') 4x4s are assembled into an "A-frame", bolted through by a 10" bolt at the top and placed around the front of the trailer, through or over the bow pulpit.  A cut length of the chain is looped around the top of the "A", at the vertex, connected to the 2-T winch which is attached to the bow lift eye (protect the bow and rub rail from damage). Add bracing from the A-frame to the ground to stabilize.

The 3 8' 4x4s are assembled into a "Pi shape" with cross bracing using the
2x6 materials.  The ends of the tow chain are hooked into the stern lift eyes and attached to the cross piece of the "Pi."

To lift the stern, I lower the front of the trailer to the ground and shorten the stern chains to just connect.  Then, when I jack up the front of the trailer, the stern "lifts" off the trailer.  Next, I lift the bow with the come along and the A-frame and presto she is off the trailer.  The second come along is to stabilize the stern "Pi frame" so that the lifting frame does not shift forward (parallelogram) and settle the boat back into the trailer, since the frames are erected slightly tilted towards the boat (don't ask why).

I prefer to sand and paint whatever is not obscured by the bunks before lifting, for safety. Once she is up off the trailer, I sand and paint the area that contacts the bunks without being under the boat. Once dry, I lower the boat and finish anything that requires touchup.

I have used the same setup to lift the boat and reposition the trailer to achieve the correct tongue weight as well.

Pictures (from the 80s) below.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I'd rather be sailing :~)

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of S/V Lark
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 7:24 PM
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Thanks everybody for the advice.    I'd considered pivoting the trailer with the tongue jack, and will probably combine that with some cradles from 6x6 fence post scrap, cinder blocks, jack stands, etc.  After that log went through the keel front of COUNTRY RHODES I became a bit paranoid about where to put pressure when lifting.  Stan seems to have forgotten to include those jacking point marks like cars use.    

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