"DSK" wrote in message . ..
If by "a proper cradle" you mean a custom job with fitted bunks, then
I'd tentatively agree. But most cradles with 4 adjustable pads, or a set
of jackstands, put a great deal of stress on a hull & deck... usually
don't support the boat well enough nor keep it in close enough
alignment, and the result is slow structural degredation.

Right you are for once.

Proof is the Irwin 43's and 52's I used to work in back in the late
80s had some nice joinery work and cabinets, bulkheads, etc were
all fitted with the boat in a custom cradle. All the lockers and
doors closed perfectly until the boat was splashed and then in
went the carpenters again to pry many of them open and shave away
the offending wood that made them stick because the hull settled
into a different position in the water.

Mooron is delusional thinking a cradle is a good place for a boat
to be. In the water as much as possible is where a boat belongs.

CN