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Brian Bonner Brian Bonner is offline
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Default Lifting Question

I have a 40 aft cabin Silverton with 14' beam. Boat weight is 26000 lbs.
The yard plans on lifting it with a spreader that puts the two slings 12' 6
" apart across the beam. I calculate that the horizontal force on the
gunwhale to be almost 500 lbs at eeach point on the slings where they touch
the gunwhale. I am looking for opinions on this arrangement.