Recent content by Slackwater_SF

Your data point on Andrew Custis is good, thank you. You wrote "single crane", yes. I have a storage space on dry land at a marina on SF Bay with cranes. This is not:use of a boat yard mobile travel lift (with two (2) slings), or private residence. March 2008 I went to the Ranger factory...

Thank you and appreciated. I found the company after you posted, details about those urls, picky. It's the hassle of a piece of equipment that I don't want to pick up by hand, store it (on trailer while afloat, but the main storage place is on the trailer), protect it from weather blah blah...

Lifting straps around the hull, slings, are a valid option. However, I prefer not to own a spreader bar. Objective is crane launch w/Lifting Harness on hard points. Your item about gel coat abrasion is true. ~Plan is chafing gear, Amsteel or amsteel-blue line. Could use straps with...

Lifting straps are a valid option (assume lifting straps = cradle-slings). Lifting straps take more time to set up, center, ... than a lifting harness that clips to hard points. A lifting harness that clips to hard points does not slip on the hull. Main item is setup, take-off time for...

Does anybody crane launch the R-21EC? I visited the factory and the gentleman said the R-21 is lifted by: a) bow eye (trailer padeye) and the b) two (2) stern padeyes (trailer tie-down points) in a vertical lift, using separate hoists for the bow and stern. My sensitivity is using the same...