On 2007-09-08 09:42:53 -0400, said:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:51:43 -0300, wrote:

Good point, my steel cradle is 6 feet wide and has 6 pads three on each
side. The pads are going 90 degrees up supporting the boat underneath
with the keel resting on a platform that is part of the cradle.
I was thinking of adding one stand on each side to supplement the
cradle lateral support.

Probably a good idea. Tie downs to helical anchor screws would be even
better I think but I've never seen anyone do that.

Does this mean that the probability of capsizing while on the hard with
the mast up is very remote?

Remote, but not impossible, as Isabelle proved a couple of Septembers
back on the Bay. Quite a few boats floated off their stands when the
water rose 11 feet.

Helical anchor screws or buried concrete blocks are used in some
locations. Problem with that around here is that we're usually stored
on a driveway and the marina owners would understandably be upset to
find holes drilled in the asphalt. Such tie-downs probably would *NOT*
have helped the boats that floated off their stands during Isabelle, as
the anchors would have been pulled out (most likely), the boats' cleats
or lines broken, or the boat sunk because it couldn't float OR only one
side's anchor(s) broke free.

May sound funny, but I have a thought to throw an anchor out the next
time a storm comes by, whether we're on the hard or in our slip.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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