Great Photos

[Fascadale]

Here are some great photos of the lift in at our club.

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a/0_a...rbour_2013_lift-in_fcyc_115745_1024.htm#start
(many thanks to Peter S)

We put 36 boats in the water, put five masts in boats, shifted a couple of boats and cradles around the yard and lifted one out. We were finished by 4.00pm A very successful day.

Some of the boat identifications are incorrect but its a tremendous website. Edinburgh is very lucky to have such a resource.

For "lift in" aficionados here is a movie of our 2011 lift

 

[Suttle]

Great photos, thanks for posting. I used to love haul out and launch days at our club when everyone pitched in and helped. It was about the only time we saw each other as we were all on swing moorings.

 

[vyv_cox]

There has been news recently of a club where DIY launching has been stopped due to health and safety concerns, following an accident I believe. It is to be hoped that this is a one-off decision, as such happenings really do bring people together.

 

[mjcoon]

There has been news recently of a club where DIY launching has been stopped due to health and safety concerns, following an accident I believe. It is to be hoped that this is a one-off decision, as such happenings really do bring people together.

Even if the occasional person is split apart!

Mike.

 

[vyv_cox]

Even if the occasional person is split apart!

Mike.

A small price to pay for the social benefits brought to the majority

 

[glashen]

My club has been craning in for many years, this year we finished at 2 o'clock having started at 7:30, I think it was 65 boats. In the past I believe we topped 80 but a size limit of 29 foot and the growth to bigger boats has reduced the numbers, the space being happily taken up with dinghies. To date we have a good safety record with no serious incidents. I do think you have to take safety seriously and we do hopefully that will mean we can carry on as we do for many years.

First and oldest boat in,

Mine,

2/3rds Done

 

[michael_w]

The long keeled boats ought to have the slings lashed together so they won't slip. The Invica and the Evasion only just got away without being dropped.

 

[johnphilip]

Together or apart

The long keeled boats ought to have the slings lashed together so they won't slip. The Invica and the Evasion only just got away without being dropped.

No personal experience of boat lifting except being a keen observer, although I did have construction industry experience of lift supervision and slinging.
I think the risk is of the slings slipping together is the problem rather than slipping apart. The slings should be restrained by ties to the ends of the boat rather than to each other.
Our home marina often take a lashing from the aft sling to the quarter mooring cleats as a precaution.
Watch some of the u tube lifting mishaps and this is often the problem.

 

[Fascadale]

There has been news recently of a club where DIY launching has been stopped due to health and safety concerns, following an accident I believe. It is to be hoped that this is a one-off decision, as such happenings really do bring people together.

I heard about that incident down south somewhere.

We have had our lift properly risk assessed. We came out quite well. There were worries about the specification of the strop used for mast lifting and having crew on the boat for the final descent to the water was questioned. We were also advised to appoint a safety overseer, an experienced club member, who was not part of the lift in process. Helmets are obligatory and steel toecaps advised

No personal experience of boat lifting except being a keen observer, although I did have construction industry experience of lift supervision and slinging.
I think the risk is of the slings slipping together is the problem rather than slipping apart. The slings should be restrained by ties to the ends of the boat rather than to each other.
Our home marina often take a lashing from the aft sling to the quarter mooring cleats as a precaution.
Watch some of the u tube lifting mishaps and this is often the problem.

I'll take this back to the club committee. We certainly don't want to be dropping boats, especially as the Invicta is mine.

As others have said, it is a great club day.

 

[Mudisox]

So nice to see so many "ordinary boats" that are diverse in nature.

 

[fireball]

Nice to hear of other clubs continuing to pull together to achieve results - that's what being in a club means - so many "sub contract" the job out or cease activities because they're afraid of the "Health and Safety" implications. What they seem to forget is that someone has to lift these boats - and the risk still exists.
H&S isn't about banning activities - it's about reducing the risk element of it - and contributions like the lashing of strops above all help to minimise the possibility of an accident.
Accidents will still happen - cables could break, footings can fail, someone could slip - the event of an accident shouldn't preclude the club from carrying out the activity in question - it just needs to be assessed to ensure everything possible has been done - or will be done better next time.