Recent content by JHOnTheLake

Thank you Thank you Loren, Thank you for understanding and those are both the most likely reasons they require a cradle. Thank you too for the link, though the ones there now are a bit far for me to drive to maybe some closer will pop up.

That's what the marina wants As I mentioned, we have successfully used stands in the past but this is a new marina to us and they require a cradle. It may have something to do with extreme winds in this location especially in the winter. Whatever the reason they require a cradle or that we...

I recently moved to a marina closer to my home and they are pushing on my getting for a cradle for winter storage. Either that or unstep the mast and put it on stands, which they really seem to dislike. Does anyone have a cradle they would like to part with or specs to build the cradle. I am...

@dt222 Oh My Gosh! You got a great deal there for sure and the way you have her set up looks really nicely done. I might have to move to Maine for a while to find a set for myself :)

@ toddster, Thanks for that clarification. I wondered about the discrepancy between SW's and my marina's suggestions but your explanation makes perfect sense. I'm hoping not to have to do any major work on the bottom for quite some time, if ever, but yes, getting a fresh coat of bottom paint on...

Thanks so much! Thanks so much Toddster and Tenders for the great information. The ScaffoldMart (MarineMart) site does have the calculator and, although they figured I'd need two more stands than my marina suggests, I have a great direction to head now. The really nice part about ScaffoldMart...

I recently purchased an Ericson 27 that was on a cradle owned by the POs club. Not wanting to push the season at all but I'm looking for stands right now and I can't seem to find any information as to the height I'll need. I know I'm going to need 5, 4 flat and one V, but that's as far as iv'e...