Question of the Day #2 - Bunk boards

[Spartan]

My CP16 has solid bunk boards and cushions are in good shape, but could use repainting.
I've had good luck with Red Devil Oil based enamel for boating applications, and was wondering how others have addressed this issue?

Thanks
Tom

[skip1930]

Still have the factory raw wood [pine] covered with carpet since 1986.
No need to replace yet.
If your painting, a oil base alkaline enamel works well. Need two coats minimum.
Then carpet screwheads into the wood and not between the hull and bunk.
With the boat on the trailer where it should be, bow in Vee block, keel on rollers or board,
use a rolling floor jack to raise the 2" x 2" steel supports up at each end of the bunks.
Then raise the center. I put a single layer of rag between boat and bunk to make sure that the bunk
is not too tight against the hull. I can pull the rag out when set-up.

On a side bar: One can put a 2" x 4" x 6" under the keel and lift the whole boat off the trailer and
then roll the trailer fwd or back. Again into the Vee block.
This puts the boat on the trailer where I feel comfortable having it. Then adjust the bunks.

I did away with the keel bunks. Became tired of 'parking' the boat on top of them going out of the water.
Additionally I moved the trailer axle back for more tongue weight, once where I like it, I bolted the axle
assembly angle to the trailer's 'C' channel. Stiffens everything up. Pulls the bow out of the axle. Sets the wheels
flatter on the ground. A little jack stand was needed when walking on deck until I moved the axle back.
Note the rubber bumper between the dolphin stay and the pin next to the hull.
The paddle wheel for speed/distance and and depth sounder. [Rayathon ST-40 Bi-Data unit].
The bottom had the brown factory paint on it, then brown waterbase house paint, then sanded, then this blue paint years ago.
I never cleaned up the Marine-Tex after glewing on my 6mm aluminum Keel Boot. Ran out of blue paint.


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