The (relatively few) marina trucks we built while I was at Hyster Company usually had forks about 12 to 16 feet long and were rated at a load center 48” out from the face of the forks. But power boats tend to have all the heavy stuff like tankage, engine, outdrive, etc in the aft end of the boat. Picking up a 32 foot power boat from the aft end is a pretty straightforward thing to do, because the center of gravity of the boat is likely in the aft 25% of the boat.
You have several thousand pounds of keel about 17 feet in front of the transom, and the center of gravity of a sailboat is, by design, pretty near the center of the boat. The dry sailed boats around here are generally launched by travel lift the day before race day. That said, your marina operator knows his machinery, and he’s liable for any damage if he drops the boat. YMMV, but be careful. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Thorne via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:26 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Stephen Thorne <stephenltho...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Marine Fork Lift vs Travel Lift - C&C 34+ ? Folks, A Marina has offered to try and use their boat fork lift (80,000 lb) to lift Deja Vu’ off the custom trailer we have - splash her for whatever period of time we sail and then lift and put back on the trailer. So it’s a “dry sailing” option if this could work? The Marina operator reports they can lift up to 25,000 lb boats with this system. The fork lift would have unobstructed access to the transom of Deja Vu and with the engine and fuel tank behind the keel I was wondering if the weight/balance etc this idea would work or not? Any thoughts or experience from other people who have tried this or had experience with other boats? Appreciate your thoughts Stephen Thorne C&C 34+ Deja Vu’ 770.722.2848
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