Stephan;
Here is my response to your question from 3 weeks ago: The (relatively few) marina trucks we built while I was incharge of applications engineering at Hyster Company usually had forks about 12 to 16 feet long and were rated at a load center 48” out from the face of the forks. But power boats tend to have all the heavy stuff like tankage, engine, outdrive, etc in the aft end of the boat. Picking up a 32 foot power boat from the aft end is a pretty straightforward thing to do, because the center of gravity of the boat is likely in the aft 25% of the boat. You have several thousand pounds of keel about 17 feet in front of the transom, and the center of gravity of a sailboat is, by design, pretty near the center of the boat. The dry sailed boats around here are generally launched by travel lift the day before race day. That said, your marina operator knows his machinery, and he’s liable for any damage if he drops the boat. YMMV, but be careful. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Thorne via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 2:55 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Stephen Thorne <stephenltho...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List New-guy C&C 40 Shopping questions- now Autopilot Folks, I asked a question a few weeks ago and not sure if I got an answer back from the group. So here goes again (and if I missed your reply ... appologies) Has anyone had experience with a yard lifting a C&C with one of those large marine folk lifts? A marina in Florida has a fork lift with 20' long forks which they say they can use to lift DejaVu' (34+) by attaching foam blocks on each fork arm to cradle the hull during the lift. This is a 50,000 lb fork and they lift 25,000 lb power boats routinely. DejaVu' weighs approx 13,500 lbs with gear & fluids. My plan would be to leave DejaVu' rigged and dry sail her. Thank You Stephen Thorne C&C 34+ DejaVu' 770.722.2848 On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:29 PM David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: I am with Joe that I consider my boat broken if the autopilot is not working. With that in mind, I wanted to pass on a tidbit I learned about my wheelpilot (EV-100 Raymarine). It worked flawlessly for 4 years and then last year started having the clutch handle release frequently. I rebuilt it last winter (cleaned inside, new drive belt) and it was better for a short time and then started doing the same thing. I found many people online with the same complaint (most use a bungie cord to hold it in place) and finally buried deep in a Raymarine forum post, I found a Raymarine tech suggesting lubricating the drive pulleys where the rubber belts went over them. I had never heard of this before, but tried it and it immediately fixed the problem. Not 100%, but much much better. It seems that when the drive belt rotates the wheel, it is running over the two smaller guide wheels with rubber belts on top on either side of the motor. One of those is associated with the clutch mechanism. If those guides and belts do not rotate freely, it puts tension on the clutch lever causing it to release. So you use waterproof grease on the inside of the black belt (between it and the white plastic guide) to make sure they rotate freely. I can post a diagram if it helps. Dave S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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