Sailboat Dolly Maintenance

I built a dolly for my sailboat about ten years ago or so.  This dolly resembles a boat trailer but, rather than being made out of galvanized steel and being roadworthy, it is simply made out of wood and meant only as a safe way to move the boat around the backyard as well as a place to keep the boat in the backyard.  This dolly was well worth the time and effort in building it.

Over the years, one of the axles has bent causing the wheel to bind against the frame of the dolly.  This binding definitely defeats the purpose of the dolly.  The dolly was meant to provide a very easy way of moving the boat around when necessary and that has become quite difficult with one of the wheels binding.

Truth be told, this is another one of those small projects that I have had on my to-do list for a couple of years but I kept putting it off.  Well, I tackled this project yesterday and now I can move the sailboat anywhere in the yard with ease.  

In the coming weeks, I hope to clean the boat and wax it to make it look like new again.  I have one line to replace.  I already bought the rope for that so it is just a matter of cutting it to length and tying it in place.  The mast has a broken end cap too.  I purchased a new end cap last summer but never got around to installing it.  I'll do that in the coming weeks too.  That will require a bit of metalwork. 

It is always a nice feeling when I clean up this old sailboat and it looks like new again!  The first step to getting there this spring was in repairing the dolly and now that is completed.