Boat hoist lifting slings

[CharlesSwallow]

Does your boatyard replace the polythene sleeve lifting sling covers for each lift?

They did when we had a boat at Port Hamble ten years ago but out here in Corfu they seem to delight in attracting as much muck as possible and grinding it into our topsides.

Chas

 

[sarabande]

I watched them at Cobbs Quay a couple of days ago. A quick blast with the ordinary water hose, but no mollycoddling.

 

[Duster]

No but the young crew who work the hoist now are a good team, much more carefull and respectfull of customers boats than their predecesors, who left muddy boot prints all over the place, artistically set off by numerous oily / rusty hand prints. So things are getting better!

mikej

 

[Twister_Ken]

At Universal on the Hamble, they used to pressure wash the slings between lifts. Dunno if they still do.

 

[prv]

Does your boatyard replace the polythene sleeve lifting sling covers for each lift?

"Polythene lifting sling covers"? Never encountered such a thing.

Al's straps hang from the Big Blue Machine. They pick boats up, they put them in. Never seen anyone washing them. They do tend to rub a bit of a band in the antifoul, but not enough to stop it working and who's looking at that anyway? Never noticed any harm to my topsides, but then I sail a boat rather than a piece of furniture.

Pete

 

[Ubergeekian]

Does your boatyard replace the polythene sleeve lifting sling covers for each lift?

Polythene sling covers? Polythene? My dear fellow, how inexpressibly vulgar. I insist that my boat is only lifted with silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns. Polythene might do for workboats, dredgers, Bavarias, that sort of thing, but not for a gentleman's yacht.

I'm told, by the way, that some yards use tap water in their pressure washers rather than melted Greenland glacier water. Disgraceful, eh? If they have run out of the glacier stuff, they could at least use Evian.

 

[Poignard]

We won't be going there again

One yard I laid my boat up in on the South Coast used to drag them along the ground to make sure they had a nice coating of grit. No doubt this gave them a nice little earner refinishing topsides.

 

[monkfish24]

Polythene sling covers? Polythene? My dear fellow, how inexpressibly vulgar. I insist that my boat is only lifted with silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns. Polythene might do for workboats, dredgers, Bavarias, that sort of thing, but not for a gentleman's yacht.

I'm told, by the way, that some yards use tap water in their pressure washers rather than melted Greenland glacier water. Disgraceful, eh? If they have run out of the glacier stuff, they could at least use Evian.

My god, ours are just bits of old carpet, seriously! they do keep them clean and they are hung from the lifting cradle boom arms so don't touch the floor.

Although in two succesive years they have lifted the stern clear of the water, by the prop, on the saildrive, with the lifting sling. After being told to use the "lift here" stickers.

But then again, yee get what yee pays for!

 

[KenMcCulloch]

Polythene sling covers? Polythene? My dear fellow, how inexpressibly vulgar. I insist that my boat is only lifted with silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns. Polythene might do for workboats, dredgers, Bavarias, that sort of thing, but not for a gentleman's yacht.

Silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns? A bit nouveau riche if you ask me. A real gentleman would not trouble himself with such trivial details. Surely one's paid hand should be able to polish out any scratches?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns? A bit nouveau riche if you ask me. A real gentleman would not trouble himself with such trivial details. Surely one's paid hand should be able to polish out any scratches?

Slings? SLINGS??? When I were a lad, me Dad made us crawl under t'keel and lift her up! We'd have killed for slings! T'weren't too bad unless the mud was deeper than I was. Had to hold us breath a while then.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Silk-lined alpaca covers, woven by Belgian nuns?

Harris Tweed would be far better. Keeps the jocks in employment and stops then getting uppity.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

Slings? SLINGS??? When I were a lad, me Dad made us crawl under t'keel and lift her up! We'd have killed for slings! T'weren't too bad unless the mud was deeper than I was. Had to hold us breath a while then.

Mud? Luxury. etc.