i'm building a 6'4 " freelance battle carrier. i couldnt decide between a battleship or a aircraft carrier so i decided to morph the two. question is how do you guys get these in the water i remember seeing some who madelike a two wheel cartmade out of pvc pipe and one who even made a portable dock. so how do you get the big boats in the water.</p>

Sometimes i seen four people stick one in the water. Other times i seen a home made cranking system. That look's some what like a cherry picker they would use in removing a engine out of a car or truck. And yes i also seen people just using a pvc piping with like a hook at the end of it to there boat's out of the water. The St Louis Admiral's Regatta is next Saturday 19, and Sunday 20, at Union Station. If you get a change maybe you can head over and see some of what they do. I know i be there for sure since i live close.

For large boats you need to use a boat launch ramp. Conversely you can put the hull in the water then the ballast then the super structure. Here is a site you might want to have a look through. http://www.pedersenshipyard.com/mode...lcolm_baldrige

Grinder.

I put the 8' PTB hull in first...........then the car battery........8 speaker boards next.......120 watt car amplifer..............finally the complete 1 piece top deck.

I am 71 & do it alone sometimes.

Rich

Cycops2, you are the stuff of heroes.

here mine i put i hooks in the corners of the boat so they dont stick out, rye

Nice looking boat Rye, though it has a minor problem. PT-84 was a Higgins boat, not an Elco.
78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 5 May 1942 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA
Launched 7 September 1942
Completed 3 December 1942
Placed in service 7 December 1942
Destroyed by U.S. Forces 23 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.
Specifications:


Displacement 56 t.
Length 78'
Beam 20' 8"
Draft 5' 3"
Speed 40 kts.
Complement 17
Armament: Four 21" torpedoes, one 40mm mount and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion: Three 4,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts

Since your boat looks like an 80 footer, one of the following hull numbers would be better:
103-196, 314-367, 372-383, 486-563, 565-624 and 791-808.
All of this info is listed here:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05idx.htm

Picky,pickey His boat is a commemorative model.............All is right in peacetime.

Rich

hi
the # of pt boat is the # of the radio , i do this on all my rc toys, planes,cars ,boats ,thanks rye