Numbers are hard to keep straight, but I think we’re up to 11 in this series. The most relevant preceding post would be “High and Dry 8” here.
Yesterday I think I caught Saint Emilion getting hauled, with quite a few folks looking on, although maybe that number of folks is standard. Doing the honors was the mobile boat hoist over at Bayonne Dry Dock & Repair.
See the ladder in the water to the left? I’m supposing it’s standard practice to have divers ensure that the slings are properly positioned before hauling out.
All photos, WVD. Because so many interesting shapes of a vessel can be seen only when it’s hauled out, I’ve done a long series of posts on such. This might be a stretch, but when exposed, the hidden lines and features of a vessel can seem a bit like nudity.
No . . . what follows is not a count down.
But here was nine, and eight is already linked above,
four and H & D Caddells 4,
three and an erroneous three. [See . . . I have a challenge with numbers. I’ll have to go back and renumber at some point. Unintentionally duplicating numbers is the result of working too fast.]
two and another erroneous or at least inconsistent II
and then there were others, only some of which werePegasus and Patty Nolan…and some schooners . . .
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August 31, 2022 at 12:33 am
George
On many vessels, placement of the straps is probably arbitrary, and if the boat lifts on an even keel, nothing else matters. But placement becomes critical when there are delicate appendages under water, like some forms of keel coolers. I’m sure that calls for divers in the water, since the location of straps at the waterline can’t reliably assure where they contact the hull underneath.
October 29, 2022 at 5:32 pm
Back from the shop and atypical moves – North River Notes
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