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Re: the deck has flatend!!
By:Dale Jeffers
Date: 8/27/2001, 1:16 pm
In Response To: the deck has flatend!! (sage)

I had the same problem and used ratchet straps with a wallboard knife as a lever to line up the deck and the hull. The ratchets were too big for the last foot or two at the bow and stern but a rope wound with a stick worked fine. I placed wood blocks under the ratchet straps near the edge of the deck to direct the force.

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the deck has flatend!!
sage -- 8/25/2001, 2:07 pm
it is working part of the way
sage -- 8/28/2001, 12:22 pm
That's probably close enough
Shawn Baker -- 8/28/2001, 6:28 pm
Re: the deck has flatend!!
mark stevens -- 8/27/2001, 4:51 pm
All is lost, but I'll take it off your hands!
Shawn Baker -- 8/27/2001, 1:46 pm
Re: the deck has flatend!!
Dale Jeffers -- 8/27/2001, 1:16 pm
Re: the deck has flatend!!
Jay Babina -- 8/27/2001, 10:09 am
Re: the deck has flatend!!
Ken Sutherland -- 8/25/2001, 2:23 pm
she's a striper
sage -- 8/25/2001, 8:50 pm
Re: she's a striper
Ken Sutherland -- 8/26/2001, 9:14 am
Re: Don't sweat it Sage......
Ben Staley -- 8/25/2001, 8:58 pm