If someone wants a mast there one on Kijiji for sale
And there a salvage yard that cut them up because there no room for to
store them
He get lots of cnc

On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 6:45 PM Bill Coleman via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> As Matt mentioned, after a couple boats blew over at our club, they came
> out with an edict that any boats with masts up will have to be on a
> cradle.  That is not to say that a boat can't blow over in a cradle, there
> are tons of poorly designed cradles, or poorly maintained cradles around.
> I have made several over the years, and just this fall got roped into
> revamping a Catalina 36 cradle. He gave me the original drawings for the
> cradle, I couldn't believe it was an original design by Catalina - the
> whole thing, even the longitudinal stringers were only 4" channel, which,
> after being picked up by the ends, which is how they move cradles here, it
> sagged down about 6". So it got two new 8" I beams longitudinally and two
> crosswise under the keel. I would have made it more than 8 feet wide, but
> the dockmaster told me it couldn't be more than that. The point here, I
> guess is to get a good cradle.  There are a few down at our club that are
> an amazing design. They are made by Viking Trailers,  in Butler, PA,
> Unfortunately , they don't  have any pictures on their site of them, if
> anyone is interested I can send a picture. There are four uprights per
> side, all adjustable in, out, and up, and also have fold down flaps to
> stabilize it up to 12' wide.  Really well thought out.
>
> Bill Coleman
> Erie PA Entrada
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 10:19 AM Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
>> Re mast up.  A friend stored his C&C 33-2 with mast up and it blew over
>> in a winter storm.  He now has no mast.
>>
>>
>>
>> With mast down possibly the reduced windage would have prevented the boat
>> from blowing over but certainly would have not resulted in a mast broken in
>> three areas.  The boat was on a cradle.
>>
>>
>>
>> Food for thought
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Hoyt
>>
>> Persistence
>>
>> Halifax, NS
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Bob Mann via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 18, 2023 10:45 AM
>> *To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> *Cc:* Bob Mann <sailrm...@comcast.net>
>> *Subject:* Stus-List winter storage
>>
>>
>>
>> Here in Michigan it's time to winterize our boats until April. For those
>> who store their boat with the mast up, do you leave shroud tension alone or
>> do you loosen the shrouds for the winter? Bob Mann Mystic ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>> ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
>>
>> Here in Michigan it's time to winterize our boats until April.  For those
>> who store their boat with the mast up, do you leave shroud tension alone or
>> do you loosen the shrouds for the winter?
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Mann
>>
>> Mystic
>>
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