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The time is drawing near to turning the hull over and I am starting to get a bit worried about how to do this without killing myself? Do I hire 10 gorilas for the task? LOL I have put quite a few hours into the hull and don't want to muff it up? any Ideas Please
Dave

Lots of old tyres might come in handy

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Dave, have you turned her over yet? I have been building a Glen-L Tango (18.5 feet LOA) since April of 2002. I was able to turn my Tango by myself using electric hoists. I was pushing the limits of my hoists but it worked well. I estimate that I was at or around 780 lbs. I did use lots of old tires. I think with 6 helpers I could have turned my boat over as easily as I did with the hoists. I think the critical point is when you reach the roll over point. If you have some of your help move to the opposite side before the roll starts all should go nicely. I remember worrying about this task for a couple of weeks. When I finally did it I was amazed how easy it went. There are photos of my turning at the Glen-L site in customer photos under TANGO, Ed Vernon. I have enjoyed building my Tango so much that I am already thinking about the 25 in the future. I hope you have taken lots of pictures. Good luck, Ed Vernon

Thank You Ed
I am about a week or two away from turning her and I have no idea where to connect cables? I am going to check out your photos Thank you for your help.
Dave

Hi Ed
I just looked at your photos and man you did a great job, That hull is fantastic. if she sails as good as she looks you will have a fine ship! If you have looked at the pics I have submitted you will see a bit more filler LOL I have overbuilt the glen-l 25 for a reason I want to sail the columbia and cross the bar! hey if you have the time could you drop me an e-mail and give the addy for the place you got you trailer kit? I know you added to it but it looks great! Oh does a beer help LOL. Talk to you soon ( I hope ) Dave

SHOOT I forgot the e-mail addy LOL it is dnebeem@msn.com

ED - That looked like a lot of fun turning Tango over. Nice looking boat too.

My wife and I are going to start building the Glen L 6.9 in the new year (2012). We are excited and nervous all at the same time. I have built an 11.5' sail/rowboat but this will be a new adventure.

Todd Eversmeyer

I rolled my Delta-Q last August basically as you suggest with a manual back-up. It was 24' and estimated to be 900#. You can see pics at, Plan "A", under Trailers and Trailering, Sept. 4, 2011.

Mine was 25' also. Much easier than expected. Stacks of old tires is enough. I had ropes and a jeep all hooked up and the tires is actually what grabbed it.
Jack up one side until it is nearly balanced and ready to go over. Then stack up old tires, mearsure them out according to beam width, and keel. Stack them high enough and there is little actually 'fall' distance to the tires. Push her on over the top, and start pulling out tires & jacking her up.

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I thought this was a pretty creative method. Start at the bottom of this page and continue through...

http://www.journalofthemollyb.com/boat_yard_24.htm

Talk to Stuart!

He turned his by himself in the back yard! There were some good pictures somewhere if I remember correctly.

Cheers

Mark C