Taking boat off trailor (dry)

My trailor looks terrible. I plan on sand blasting it down to bare metal. In order to do this I must first get the boat off of the trailor. We own and operate a local building supplies dealer and have two 8000 lb. forklifts. I have also built a "rack" that sits on casters to store the boat on while I work. I'm planning on using long, heavy duty, tow straps swung between the two forklifts and under the boat. My plan is to lift, pull the trailor out from underneath, roll the "rack" into the picture and lower the boat. Has anyone ever done anything like this? Is there a better way? I'm sure it will work but it's still a little unnerving. Any comments or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I've done it the same way as Mackwrench. 4 Times without problem. We've always used the lifting rings.

The dealer I use lifts boats with a single boom crane. The local drystack picks the boats up all the time with a very large forklift. I'd say, be careful, pick it up slowly as possible, only lift it as much as necessary, and watch the swing.

BKH

thanks guys. I'll let you know how it works. Maybe take some pictures.