Cherri, The stock weight of an M-15 is 750 pounds - Removing all the things that can be removed should get the weight down to under 700 pounds.
Using blocks and tackle or "come alongs" rated for that capacity, you can lift Cherri's Jubilee in your garage. I've done so several times using substantial eye hooks screwed into the joists overhead. Use independent lines for the bow eye, each chainplate and each stern cleat. Although you are distributing the weight among five points, you will find that as you lift the boat, one or more line will go slack due to a shift in balance. After lifting, I fit braces along the sides under the toerails to keep her rock solid and to ensure that should anything "give" she will "drop" only to the safety braces. As an added precaution, I place a substantial brace just under the keel and remove that only when I am working on that specific area. Stan M-15, #177, Carol II _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
