Do not use hollow concrete blocks

[Jackie J V]

There were a couple of references here to ''short cuts taken in the north". Up here (in the "true north strong and free"), I've never even seen cinder or concrete block used for blocking a boat.

Here's a couple of pictures of our boat taken yesterday. This is even just temporary blocking for three days. It was hauled on Friday and is getting shifted into heated storage on Monday.

The large blocks were brand new - so you can get them somewhere. The keel had already sunk a quarter inch into the top 2 x 4 - lots of pressure on a small surface area.

I'm sure there are probably tolerance levels for different boat weights, but as I said, I've never even seen someone use cinder or concrete blocks in marinas around this area.

The other concern I would have using cinder block in the north is water intrusion and freezing. Any hairline crack or void will fill with water and it wouldn't take long for the block to split in two after a couple of repeated thawing and freezing cycles.

 

[Carver370]

So you mean this isn't correct?

I have to move some foam around I guess?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989...45060207QQptZPowerQ5fMotorboats#ht_1075wt_775

 

[JVM225]

Wish2fish,
A barge with a crane comes down the canal in the fall to lift me out and returns in the spring to put me in. Each haul is
$220.00. Alot less expensive than keeping it a the marina!

That's what I'm doing this year. This is my first time doing it because I just bought a little piece on a canal.
What town are you located in?

 

[Lazy Daze]

So you mean this isn't correct?

I have to move some foam around I guess?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1989...45060207QQptZPowerQ5fMotorboats#ht_1075wt_775

That's funny!

We use large foam blocks (about 24"x24"x36") at our place. But, I'm guessing they're at least a "little" denser than the ones in that pic! :lol:

 

[rondds]

A barge with a crane comes down the canal in the fall to lift me out

AmberRay - that's great! What's the capacity of those barges? Do they have bigger ones too?

 

[JVM225]

AmberRay - that's great! What's the capacity of those barges? Do they have bigger ones too?

I don't know who AmberRay uses, but the guy who is doing mine tells me that my 30' is about the biggest he can do. He aked me to make sure all the tanks were empty to lighten it up for him.

 

[cpt. sundancer]

i dont think it's a north thing,i live in minnesota and my marina and all that i have seen around here,use big wood blocks.they look like they might be railroad ties cut in pieces. just my 2cents for what it's worth.:smt024

 

[88 AmberRay]

That's what I'm doing this year. This is my first time doing it because I just bought a little piece on a canal.
What town are you located in?

South Bellmore

 

[Summer Fun II]

use big wood blocks.they look like they might be railroad ties cut in pieces.

Thats what my marina has also. :smt001

 

[88 AmberRay]

AmberRay - that's great! What's the capacity of those barges? Do they have bigger ones too?

The biggest I've seen lifted was a 30' sundancer

 

[JVM225]

South Bellmore

I kept I had rwenty years ago up Bellmore Creek at Ken Abrams.
Now I leep my boat at a little piece I bought on the Grand Canal on the Lindenhurst/Copiague border.
What does your guy get to lift your 27?
The Crane thing looks good, but I'm not too crazy about the uncertainty of the timing. The guy who does it over by me waits to come up the canal (rightfully so) until he has several boats to do.
I'm seriously thinking of re-arranging the fence next year so I can just use a boat hauler.