> Nice Pictures! I beleive the term is Marine railway...
> Most marinas use the Lifts now though
>
It's worth bearing in mind that, at a rough guess, about half the
currently used dry-docks go back to working days (there is not a lot to
go wrong with a hole in the ground) and there's a tendency to stick with
known designs. However, as my boat has a round bilge, I use a yard which
cranes it out.
Practice is quite different in yards which deal mainly with sea-going
and river craft, which are proportionately much lighter - they are
usually craned. Traditional sea-going practice was to maintain between
tides, on 'hards' if the bottom was muddy.
Sean
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