[Public-List] Sorry about that but starting to plan haul out!

Tue Sep 15 13:17:30 PDT 2015

Caution: Slippery when wet :-)

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Jim Davis via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

>    I keep a couple copies of a picture of the boat hanging in the slings
>    on the boat.  When the yard is ready for me I give the lift operator a
>    copy so he can see what he is up against.  This is in addition to sling
>    marks and I insist on the slings being tied together.
> Jim Davis
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> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:43:52 -0400
> From: Brian Zinser via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> To: "'Gordon Laco'" <mainstay at csolve.net>,      "'Alberg 30 Public List --
>         open to all'" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Sorry about that but starting to plan haul
>         out!
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> Maurice:
>
> I agree with Gord- "insist on tying lines between the fore and aft slings
> as low
>  as is practical so as to inhibit the slings from slipping out wards."
>
> Some operators do not tie a line between the fore and aft slings. We do
> the Satu
> rday crane coop lifts up here. I have witnessed the front sling come off
> of a Ca
> talina 30 when it was about 10 feet above the water. Luckily the crane
> operator
> had just started to swing the boat and it was still over water.
>
> Also, if you put the aft sling under the keel, which I also recommend, be
> carefu
> l it is not on the foot of the rudder when they start to lift.
>
> Don't know how you pay for your crane, but around here it is a combination
> of a
> base charge plus so much per minute. Pre planning the haulout can save you
> a lot
>  of money when you are paying by the minute.
>
> Brian Zinser
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Sorry about that but starting to plan haul out!
>
> Hi there.
>
> I've seen lifts on out boats done with the after sling aft of the rudder,
> but I
> feel the safest is with the after sling catching the keel just forward of
> the he
> el of the rudder.
>
> Surprises sling stickers are in the vicinity of her sheet winches.
>
> I insist on tying lines between the fore and aft slings as low as is
> practical s
> o as to inhibit the slings from slipping out wards.
>
> Happy landing!
>
> Gord
> Surprise 426
>
> On 2015-09-15, at 6:38 AM, via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> wrot
> e:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > It is a first season with our Alberg and we have very much enjoyed the
> boat an
> d the lifestyle and got to adopt the old girl (Avoca 322) as ours!
> Amazing the
> amount of compliments an Alberg gets over a summer!  But all good things
> come to
>  an end and I have started planning the haul out (another first for me)!
> On the
>  boat there are stickers and black dots affixed to the sheer that appear
> to iden
> tify lift points (as the stickers say lift) for travel lift or crane.  One
> point
>  is aft of the rudder, basically under the lazarette portion of the keel
> startin
> g at the rear of the cockpit.  The other is at the front close to forward
> shroud
>  area, none for under the keel which seems to be the preferred lift point
> based
> on searching the archives.  I had issues with the keel splitting at the
> forefoot
>  last winter (fixed hopefully) so would really prefer to support the keel
> if at
> all possible.
> >
> > My question is basically, where do you set the straps to lift the boat
> with mi
> nimum stresses to the hull.
> >
> > Our marina is hiring our a crane for the haul out and I?m really
> clueless on a
> djustment to spreaders and harness to lift out the boat but there is also
> a trav
> el lift at an another marina close by.
> >
> > So again I turn to you accumulated knowledge and wisdom for input on how
> you g
> o about your haul out!
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Maurice
> >
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