Free Boat for good home….

[onesea]

Lymington Rumour Control | Sadly not a rumour..

If there is a good home and very good home to see her sail again, the owner will do as much as he can do to help….

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[onesea]

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[Bajansailor]

Excellent news!
I hope though that the person funding the restoration has deep pockets.

 

[srm]

Good to hear.
Looking at the FB posts I was surprised at all the wows for the crane driver, obviously it must be a rarity nowadays in yachting areas. Before travel hoists all yacht lifts were by crane or wheeled cradle on a slip. In Shetland we lifted out and in every year by crane including stepping/unstepping the masts. No one left masts up ashore due to the wind. Every boat lift I made in Orkney was likewise with a crane. Also, have moved boats by road with police escort and crane at both ends, the catamaran was the most fun as that was a real traffic stopper.
The most hairy crane lift I saw was in France with a mobile crane carrying a yacht (probably around 35 ft) along a road. Not playing leap frog with jacks down; just driving with the load hanging in front.

 

[DoubleEnder]

I lost a boat due to a crane lift. Long time ago In a nameless boatyard. Normally the crane would lower the boat down the quayside and in to the mud or water depending on the tide. For some reason, the driver decided to pick up my little 18 foot boat and then drive down the slipway with the boat in the slings. His brakes failed and he trundled all the way down until his wheels hit the mud, which stopped him, sharpish. My boat swung away……..and then swung back towards the crane. The driver jumped out just before the boat came through his window.

 

[srm]

His brakes failed and he trundled all the way down

Which may well have contributed to the current good practice of using jacks for all mobile crane lifts.

My first crane lift was for a small cruising catamaran and a small mobile crane belonging to the yard. As the boat was swung clear of the side of the pier we noticed the crane's front just starting to lift. Four or five people watching ran to the front of the truck and stood on the bumper or whatever and all was well.
While we were in Kilmore Quay a fishing boat was sunk by a fork lift truck, theboat was afloat and the fork lift was lowering some gear on a strop when it tipped over the edge. No one was injured.