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Boat cradle for 390cpmy
- Georgeviking
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- Vessel Info: 1995 390 cpmy
1978 32’ Uniflite sport sedan
1968 31’ ulrichsun
1968 31’ broad water
1977 19’ checkmate
1975 17’ west wind. - Location: Strong Island N,Y
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Boat cradle for 390cpmy
Has anyone built there own or have photos of carvers on them? I googled cradles and see most look hand built any suggestions on a build? Like the idea of making sure supports will be under bulkheads. May not be a happy camper storing it over the summer but will feel warmer in the winter…
- bud37
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
So the storage was ok, but the cradle weighed lots....required a machine to move it around and summer storage was a problem. We ended up cutting it up and going to wood blocking and jack stands.....much easier and overall better....well that is what we found anyway.
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
- Sailor Robbert
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
I have the same boat as you 390 CPMY and bought it in 2018, the next year in 2019 I took her out of the water for maintenance. The crane set her on the cradle and damaged my rear keel due to the weight. So we ended up to set her down with 2 supports on the rear flat bottom. with the front keel resting on the cradle. I was lucky that it was the responsibility of the harbour , so the repair costs was for them.
Now every year when we come out of the water we use the rear supports. See Pics
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
Sailor Robbert wrote:Source of the post Hello Georgeviking,
I have the same boat as you 390 CPMY and bought it in 2018, the next year in 2019 I took her out of the water for maintenance. The crane set her on the cradle and damaged my rear keel due to the weight. So we ended up to set her down with 2 supports on the rear flat bottom. with the front keel resting on the cradle. I was lucky that it was the responsibility of the harbour , so the repair costs was for them.
Now every year when we come out of the water we use the rear supports. See Pics
I had a similar thing with my 3607. I had owned it for over 10 years and never had an issue. Several different marinas blocked it up using mostly the keel but stands on the sides like Viper said. One year when I removed all the bottom paint, I inadvertently was tapping on the keel and realized the last 2' or so of the keel was HOLLOW, the rest was solid (well, maybe not solid all the way though, but obviously thick and strong). From then on I warned the yards not to block on the last 2' of the keel. Whadda ya know, about three years later some knucklehead didn't read the written warnings on the work order and put blocks under that area and crushed a chunk. Their fiberglass shop did a great job on restoration but it was really an unnecessary job if the guy would have just read the warning!!
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
- Sailor Robbert
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
For me too it was the last 2 feet at the rear. You can see on the first picture where they started to repair the keel. It took a full week for that fiberglass repairman to finish the job.. I'm afraid now to put it on the keel so I use the stands at the back.
- Georgeviking
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- Joined: September 28th, 2021, 6:13 pm
- Vessel Info: 1995 390 cpmy
1978 32’ Uniflite sport sedan
1968 31’ ulrichsun
1968 31’ broad water
1977 19’ checkmate
1975 17’ west wind. - Location: Strong Island N,Y
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
At the aft one near front and one further back,,,,I always went with one block every ten feet of boat
Was told by marina it’s overkill only three blocks and three stands ,,,,,two days later boat was listing
Marina lifted her up straight ,,,I go down to see and stern is off to one side of blocking and bow is off to other side,,,show yard foreman ,,,blames it on the help ( he was operating machine ) said he would fix it,,,,for some reason front block was moved back about 18” ground was about three inches lower and center block crushed my keel,,,boat raised again set down with longer wood in middle and a bit farther back yard foreman pokes at damage and says your keel is soft while poking the crushed fiberglass that mind you is dry as a bone…..waiting to hear from yard owner on this one,,,,oh and originally no plywood under anything after boat listed the plywood one side of stands last move one stand is half off plywood
Maybe I’m just to picky,,,
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Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
- Georgeviking
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- Joined: September 28th, 2021, 6:13 pm
- Vessel Info: 1995 390 cpmy
1978 32’ Uniflite sport sedan
1968 31’ ulrichsun
1968 31’ broad water
1977 19’ checkmate
1975 17’ west wind. - Location: Strong Island N,Y
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- Been thanked: 2 times
Re: Boat cradle for 390cpmy
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