Can we have a round of callouts on boat weight? I don¹t pay too much
attention but our crane operator has a gauge and I believe I tend to be
about 7000 or 7500 pounds, year in and year out.
--Dave S.
On 4/9/08 9:29 AM, "DaveBreski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess it might work for a day sailor but for a 6 ton C27 with all the
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe McCary
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:42 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Dry Sailing a Catalina 27
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> When I say a lift, I mean a frame that sinks below the floating boat that is
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sneddon, Keith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:17 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Dry Sailing a Catalina 27
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> My take is that the cradle for drysailing is going to need to be incredibly
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Dry Sailing a Catalina 27
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> Joe, call Catalina for cradle info. They sent me one when I was inquiring
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> From: Joe McCary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 1:23 pm
> Subject: catalina27-talk: Dry Sailing a Catalina 27
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