very upset today

[gregleeber]

I had Milky Way hauled from Portland Yacht Service to my father's barn again on Thursday. We tried to put her in the front door of the barn and she wouldn't turn around the corner as the trailer sank into the ground like it was quick sand.

We tried to haul it around the back of the barn where there is more room and again we sank into the ground.

Unfortunately the old man is very particular about his barn and property and doesnt want me putting in fill just to get my boat into the barn.

So not it looks like I'll be having her hauled (for the third time since coming out of the water) to Dayton Maine and left there for the winter. So much for hauling her engine, recaulking her deck, and all the other stuff I was going to do in the barn.

*&%(# !!!

[Paul Girouard]

Buy some planks and run a path for the trailer wheels.

That might not work if the boats to heavy. How heavy is the boat?

[C. Ross]

If you put planks on ply, it would have to be a lead boat or quicksand soil or both, you'd think.

[Ian McColgin]

Sometimes we forget the old egyptian technology ways. Like block it a bit away from the barn, build a proper cradle that has a couple of fore and aft beds to it, and then with planks on the dirt and iron pipes as rollers you can twitch her right in with a come-along and some smarts.

Maybe next year.

[Chris Coose]

Usually it's tougher to haul in the spring in Maine.
Too bad the ground has been saturated over the past 4-5 days.
If there is anything I can do to help. I live a block away from PYS
831-1792. Sounds like she'll be outa my range after today though.

[gregleeber]

she is 10 ton.

the problem is that the barn is on a hill and stone walls around the barn are an issue for the truck going inside. I'm sure I can get it in next summer but the barn was a home for the boat for which I did not need to worry. I may be keeping her on the hard for a while.

trying to develop my business. New baby and young toddler. Wife's job will move us to a different market - but I'll always be coming back to Maine....

[rbgarr]

I had a similar situation if less problematic. The hydraulic trailer guys I hired to store my boat couldn't make the tight downhill turn in my driveway, so I ended up paying storage for a winter until I could make other arrangements. I wasn't planning on major restoration work indoors though. Best of luck!

[gregleeber]

Looks like I will stick to the things that can be done off site. But I still need to haul the engiune from her. Perhaps that can be done where she will be stored.

Things to do at the barn absent of Milky Way:
1. strip both masts and both booms
2. at least five coats of vanish on them
3. make fifteen new cleets out of Locust (still need to get some locust)
4. clean and prime the new rebuilt engine then find a good paint and color to finish the engine with
5. repair the sails

[Ed Harrow]

That's the pits. As was mentioned, that's the sort of thing one would expect in the spring, DAMHIKT.

[floatingkiwi]

Can you just construct a tidy, temporary but sound shelter around her, right where she sits? Put some shrubs around it, Lovely.

[gregleeber]

I had her hauled down the road to Royal River Boat Yard. The guys at Dugas cut me a deal since it was late and because there was no unstepping.

So far 3 hauls at $350 each. And I know she will fit in the barn. The haulers though do the hauling when they want to not when it is dry!

[Tylerdurden]

Putting her in the barn is best done in January when the ground is well frozen. If RR can leave you space for access that would be best. Have the local snow plow dude open up twice the width needed every storm and it will soon be rock hard. If one has a good anchor point in the barn a power winch will help or have a payloader come to assist. If the ground is good and well sanded it should go with little issue.

[gregleeber]

that is a lot of work for which I am not sure I have the resources

[Tylerdurden]

that is a lot of work for which I am not sure I have the resources

I know, it is the best way though. If you can deal with a decent plow operator he can sand heavily just before needed. Getting there is half the battle.