STATUE
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If its my cradle and their yard, which insurance pays up?
Why would you own/use your own yacht cradle in a boat yard?
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If its my cradle and their yard, which insurance pays up?
macd
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Presumably you mean if the cradle collapses, in which case there can be no answer as straightforward as your question suggests. The collapse could be due to the cradle's design, manufacture, assembly, specification, deficiencies due to corrosion or wear, placement, levelling and so on. Some of these might put the liability on you (i.e. your insurer, unless, perhaps, you were reckless in, say, knowingly putting a 10 ton boat in a 2-ton cradle), some on the yard, some on the maker of the cradle, or all three to varying degrees.
I suspect that you shouldn't need to know the answer, or even care very much. The respective insurers should sort it out. Might take a while, though. If your insurer is one of the better ones, they might pay you up front and take it up with the other parties in due course.
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Yellow Ballad
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I understand it's because they're "more stable" then posts and wedges/oil drums or whatever is laying around to hold the boat up in the eyes of insurance companies.
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macd
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I'm not sure you do.
KREW2
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Pat hallinan
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Hi John, I have a question for you about your cradle, I have an s&s 34 that is in the water at the moment and plan to have it on the hard in March, Im making my own fold away cradle for it that will be easily transported. was your cradle build to fit your boat specifically ?We bought our own.
Its one of these:
It breaks down into bits that I can put in the back of an estate car if I want to.
Ours is a self help boat storage facility so most people have their own cradles.
regards.
pat
Black Sheep
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Hi Pat,
Welcome to the forums! I'm going to guess on behalf of John. I *think* that what he has there is a commercially manufactured cradle from the Yacht Leg and Cradle company: The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company - Yacht Legs - Yacht Cradles - Boat Stands - Boat Dollies
I recognise it, because I have one very similar but the smaller size. I would imagine that your S&S34 would fit the TC7 model here: The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company - Yacht Legs - Yacht Cradles - Boat Stands - Boat Dollies but a phone call would tell you (they're nice people to deal with).
But if you're lifting out in March, your best bet would be to find someone who's lifting in at about the same time, and come to an arrangement. Or keep an eye on ebay/gumtree/your favourite second hand goods site.
John will be along in a little while to tell me if I've misunderstood his cradle.
john_morris_uk
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You’ve underway perfectly.
We started out with a basic four legged cradle when we had a Sigma 33 but upgraded by adding another two centre legs fourteen years ago. The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company design is almost infinitely flexible and we’ve been very happy with it.
Denek
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Our boat came with one. Saves us £40 a month over the winter.
PetiteFleur
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I have my own cradle, bought s/h and originally for a 38' yacht(my boat is 33'). Had to make the bow end narrower to suit the yards trolley, but had it for 14 yrs now and saves hiring one from the boatyard. Stays in the yard all year round.