"MikeC" wrote in news:1154365948.499813.251850
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

I was worried about getting the straps down under the keel and not
wacking the mast.

Is there something I should know about the whole procedure before I
give it a try???



The only place I have experience with the slings they have a large metal
frame holding the straps apart side-to-side and fore-aft. At our club
where we launch a lot of dinghys the hoists have large hooks. Each boat
has it's own lifting bridle arrangement that stays with that boat. The
bridle is usually two lines to the shroud chainplates and one line to the
transom. All these lines are connected to a large ring that the hook on
the hoist grabs onto. Is that how your club is or do they already have
some kind of strap arrangement? Kirk.