oakleyb
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I've never dried out against piles, what pearls of wisdom can the forum offer.
Scrubbing piles (ouch !)
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bazobeleza
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plenty of big fenders and a scaffold plank to spread the load on the topsides.
make sure of you bottom and have a couple of long stout poles handy if youre a fin keeler to support the ends.
have plenty of long, long lines to hand
make sure of you bottom and have a couple of long stout poles handy if youre a fin keeler to support the ends.
have plenty of long, long lines to hand
TonyS
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I wouldn't bother unless you are hard up. Cowes Yacht Haven Marina will do the job for you for £99. See their web site.
Pye_End
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Keep her fairly upright - don't be tempted to lean her into the posts too much.
Tie the mast up to the posts once grounded and settled.
Tie the mast up to the posts once grounded and settled.
omega2
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We use pieces of conveyor belt hanging from ropes between the hull and the piles, and also sit to face the incoming tide, much better with a flat transom.
VicS
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pearls of wisdom
[/ QUOTE ] Chichester harbour published a picture some years back of a boat that was dried out betwen the piles, facing up the beach, instead of lying against both parallel with the shoreline. Don't do that!
pearls of wisdom
[/ QUOTE ] Chichester harbour published a picture some years back of a boat that was dried out betwen the piles, facing up the beach, instead of lying against both parallel with the shoreline. Don't do that!
ctelfer38
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Others will be probably along in a minute with lots of advice but here is my contribution..
1. Make a list of all the materials and have them to hand or aboard before going on to the piles. Include ladder and lots of cleaning material for muddy boots etc.
2. Check that the piles are suitable for your weight/size of craft.
3. Plan your height of tide/CD figures carefully to ensure that you will have enough water to get off the piles once you have finished. If your clearance is marginal when going on - make sure that tides are going towards springs and not neaps. Go on just before high water and monitor clearance as it rises towards HW and then as it drops. calculate the time you will touch down.
4. Secure your yacht to the piles with good lines - make use of your winches as strong points ( and the base of your mast if it is keel stepped ) as well as your cleats. take your halyard to a strong point or line between the piles ready to induce a degree of lean into the pile after you take the ground.
5. Hold the yacht a few inches off the piles whilst you are still afloat and when you are aground settle the yacht on to the pile using fenders and fender boards by tightening the halyard. Do not make the angle of heel too much or you will stress your hull and the piles. Do not allow the yacht to lean outwards either!! This is applicable only if you have a long or fin keel. Bilge keels will keep you upright and safe enough.
6. Ensure that you do not have an unbalanced fore and aft distribution of weight.
7. Secure ladder to guardrail and go to work.
8. Tending yacht as she lifts is less work, merely requiring close supervision as she starts to rock against the piles before refloating.
9. Recruit a pal who has done all of this before - this reduces stress on you as well as on the yacht!
Hope this helps. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
1. Make a list of all the materials and have them to hand or aboard before going on to the piles. Include ladder and lots of cleaning material for muddy boots etc.
2. Check that the piles are suitable for your weight/size of craft.
3. Plan your height of tide/CD figures carefully to ensure that you will have enough water to get off the piles once you have finished. If your clearance is marginal when going on - make sure that tides are going towards springs and not neaps. Go on just before high water and monitor clearance as it rises towards HW and then as it drops. calculate the time you will touch down.
4. Secure your yacht to the piles with good lines - make use of your winches as strong points ( and the base of your mast if it is keel stepped ) as well as your cleats. take your halyard to a strong point or line between the piles ready to induce a degree of lean into the pile after you take the ground.
5. Hold the yacht a few inches off the piles whilst you are still afloat and when you are aground settle the yacht on to the pile using fenders and fender boards by tightening the halyard. Do not make the angle of heel too much or you will stress your hull and the piles. Do not allow the yacht to lean outwards either!! This is applicable only if you have a long or fin keel. Bilge keels will keep you upright and safe enough.
6. Ensure that you do not have an unbalanced fore and aft distribution of weight.
7. Secure ladder to guardrail and go to work.
8. Tending yacht as she lifts is less work, merely requiring close supervision as she starts to rock against the piles before refloating.
9. Recruit a pal who has done all of this before - this reduces stress on you as well as on the yacht!
Hope this helps. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Stoaty
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It's one of those things that looks hard to do and is scary the first time you do it, but it's easier to do than it looks. As said before keep her upright, pull her tight onto the piles and she will settle OK. You lean things against other objects every day of your life, it's just on a bigger scale.
We are tied against one pile here, with a 5 ton ratchet strap on a centre cleat. Two piles is a piece of cake.
We are tied against one pile here, with a 5 ton ratchet strap on a centre cleat. Two piles is a piece of cake.
Leighb
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Tie the mast up to the posts once grounded and settled.
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And don't forget to remove the line from the mast before you try to motor off /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Saw a yacht that forgot at Woolverstone many years ago. Great spectator sport /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Tie the mast up to the posts once grounded and settled.
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And don't forget to remove the line from the mast before you try to motor off /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Saw a yacht that forgot at Woolverstone many years ago. Great spectator sport /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
rich
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Stoaty , If you look underneath your hull you will see bilge keels,,,,
You don't need a post to lean on /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
You don't need a post to lean on /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Stoaty
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Ah! If you look under the keel you will see wooden blocks that lift the whole thing up another foot and make it easier to work on. Especially antifouling behind the bilge keels.
rich
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Ah ha, but our blocks here lift us up 2 feet much less bending /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
johnphilip
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Classic error
Friend taking boat off posts on the midnight tide.
Seemed to be afloat,cast off fore and aft and springs,engage reverse,moves a couple of feet and stops, waits a few minutes for more tide, still seems stuck.
Calls to friend ashore who comes over and suddenly cursing comes out of the darkness, friend has just walked into the line from masthead to shore which no-one thought to release!!!!
Friend taking boat off posts on the midnight tide.
Seemed to be afloat,cast off fore and aft and springs,engage reverse,moves a couple of feet and stops, waits a few minutes for more tide, still seems stuck.
Calls to friend ashore who comes over and suddenly cursing comes out of the darkness, friend has just walked into the line from masthead to shore which no-one thought to release!!!!
ebbtide
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If you are still apprehensive (and I can hardly blame you after all those Do's and Don'ts) then for the first time I recommend leaning against a wall with an adjacent grid like Emsworth Yacht Harbour - so much easier to get summat from the back of the car.
(unless you fill time waiting for the tide with a little foreplay; I once saw a Twister there, down by the nose with a very shamefaced couple on board!)
PS Have just tracked down a pic of your keel profile. It's quite extreme so you need to be very, very careful indeed. PM me for possible help on the day.
(unless you fill time waiting for the tide with a little foreplay; I once saw a Twister there, down by the nose with a very shamefaced couple on board!)
PS Have just tracked down a pic of your keel profile. It's quite extreme so you need to be very, very careful indeed. PM me for possible help on the day.
ShipsWoofy
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Arrive before low water