Chugach Range rising majestically behind Anchorage, AK.
The Voyage of                  INTREPID Line Picture of Intrepid, a Dorado designed by Jim Michalak
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Everything from the chines down has been completed, so I saw no reason not to put the boat up on the trailer. If you will recall, the building shelter has four sets of support frames. I pivoted the back inner frame up and tied it off to the back frame. This allowed me to pivot the boat on the building table without any obstructions in the way.

An inner frame was pivoted up out of the way and the boat was turned towards the trailer


The trailer is aligned in position to receive the boat. You can see just where the inner frame is tied off and supported in the canopy.

The trailer is aligned in position to receive the boat


Before I can move the boat onto the trailer, I have to finish stapling the bunk felt to the center bunk.


This picture was taken just before eight neighbors came over and picked up the boat and placed it on the trailer. We then pushed the boat and trailer back under the canopy once we removed the building table.

Just before eight neighbors came over and picked up the boat and placed it on the trailer


Intrepid is at peace again, under the building shelter. I will complete the remainder of the boat while it is on the trailer. This is one of those milestones in the boat building process that deserves a really big smile, as evidenced by my s*** e***** grin!

Intrepid back under the building shelter


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