So once the boys were done with the installation of the lift and before the other guy comes to help us get the boat fitted for the lift, Gary decided it was a good time to soften up the back I-beam so in case the boat hit it, it wouldn’t chip any paint off or wreck the fiberglass. So he went to the place where the lift was being sold out of and told him of his dilemma. They offered a solution of a rounded dock bumper, but you had to buy 6 feet of it at a cost of $60. So off he went to his favorite place for projects….Ace Hardware. There he found a plastic hose about 2 feet long, cost…..$1.09 plus tax. Good Trade!
Here is a better picture of the lift with the extra pilings now in place
Completed lift
Let’s start fixing that back I-beam. First, we need a ladder so we have something to crawl out on 
because we are NOT a monkey and there is no way WE are going to sit in the I-beam with our knees up to our ears. Then we need a board to kneel on cause kneeling on those aluminum rails would not be good for the old knee caps.
Here we go!
As further protection we’ll add our knee pads, take everything out of our pockets and leave our hat on the dock. Then we lay across the bunks 
so we can reach the place we are putting the plastic hose on. See how well it went on? 
Then we need to secure it with some zip ties but before we do that,
Ouch!
Man! Laying on that bunk hurts! Colleen! Go get me a towel to lay on!
Nice and soft!
Whew! Much better! Now I can put on the zip ties
and then…..
Whala! All done!
Touch of Class 
He made that look SO easy.
How long you think it will last in salt water?
Lift looks real nice. I had a dream the other night about your Navigator. We were down to visit and Gary pushed the boat out because the tide went out and it got to shallow. It floated way out and then sunk. We sat at the bar and had drinks and could see the boat just under the water. You guy didn’t see to mind because it was all insured.
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How the heck did they drive those pilings under the beam ?? I thought that would have needed to be done first. Gary is all red in the face from that little workout, I think he needs to take up jogging for exercise.. 🙂 It’s almost shorts weather here too, we were 1° this morning and it shot up to a balmy 22° this afternoon… 😦