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Old 17-02-2020, 14:36   #61
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Re: Cruising/ leaving boat on hard/ no cradle?!

Around here upper Midwest everything is on a cradle or trailer
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Old 17-02-2020, 15:15   #62
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Re: Cruising/ leaving boat on hard/ no cradle?!

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Yep! We sailed her from Midland Ontario to Bayfield Ontario and did Georgian Bay then... we had to cut that trip shorter than we wanted too because we had a very badly leaking prop shaft whenever the motor was running... boat was sinking!! One bailed, the other sailed. Good times!!




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Re: Cruising/ leaving boat on hard/ no cradle?!

Backhoe a ditch to put the keel in then back fill it with sand. Generally the most secure in a hurricane.
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