On Thu, 03 Aug jerelull wrote:
Lifting the boat with
one strap on the keel won't hurt it

This particular C22 has a swing keel. It's attached to the hull with
only a pivot bolt. I don't think allowing a strap to put pressure on
it would be a good idea.

Step and unstep the mast on the water as the shrouds will probably get
in the way of the hoist.

I agree but one reason he wants to keep his boat at the club is so he
can keep his mast *up* on the trailer.
.............. granted, the mast is easily raised and lowered.
Especially with quick release shroud fittings.

The lift operator(s) will probably already know how to do it right. Ask
them.

At a yacht club?? Typically, the lift operator will be the boat owner
himself..... except maybe on regatta weekends (aka Chinese firedrill
..... might not be the best time).

BTW, if you have keel bolts like the Tanzer 22s, they bolt a lifting
bridle to two of them that the hoist can just hook to.

If it had a fixed keel, that'd be the best way for sure (J22 comes to
mind). Unfortunately, this boat is a little different. Mounting
lifting eyes would be a design challenge and involve structural work
strengthening whatever you mounted them to (maybe one through the
cockpit floor and one through the boat bottom in the swing keel slot?)
Once you had it figured out, it'd beat straps though.

Rick