RE: jack stands - use of sailboat stands

Posted by j32080@…> (j32080@…>)
See the attached picture for the normal setup of sailboat stands.j32080@… wrote: Interesting that the yard used power boat stands (vertical) on a sailboat. Although the bottom of a F-21 is quite flat, sailboats usually get sailboat (angled) stands. In all cases when jack stands were used on my F-21, they were sailboat stands. It could be that the boat yard didn’t have sailboat stands that were short enough. Personally, I’d complain or find another yard.
From an insurance standpoint, it “could” be stated that the boat was not properly “blocked”. Just an opinion, -John Sean Mulligan <quadmulligan@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi John - welcome to what Vivian calls “The FF’s”(Freedom Friends)!Emmylou is on the hard in Norwalk, CT. The attachedphotos show how the yarddeployed the 5 jackstands for her. I’ve been aboardand it is quite stablelike this. We plan many Spring projects: rebedding stanchions,replacing lifelines,repairing and fairing keel, patch and bottom paint(Petit Trinidad) andfinishing the new wiring. Need to find the ideal place for our solar panel(which I cracked by, ahem,sitting on it) and perhaps a dedicated Garmin
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Posted by Sean Mulligan (quadmulligan@…>)

I will show this picture to our yard. Thanks!

Sean
-----Original Message-----From: freedom21@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedom21@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of j32080@…Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:10 AMTo: freedom21@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [freedom21] jack stands - use of sailboat stands

See the attached picture for the normal setup of sailboat stands.j32080@yahoo.com wrote:


Interesting that the yard used power boat stands (vertical) on a sailboat. Although the bottom of a F-21 is quite flat, sailboats usually get sailboat (angled) stands.

In all cases when jack stands were used on my F-21, they were sailboat stands. It could be that the boat yard didn’t have sailboat stands that were short enough. Personally, I’d complain or find another yard. From an insurance standpoint, it “could” be stated that the boat was not properly “blocked”.

Just an opinion,
-John
Sean Mulligan <quadmulligan@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hi John - welcome to what Vivian calls “The FF’s”(Freedom Friends)!Emmylou is on the hard in Norwalk, CT. The attachedphotos show how the yarddeployed the 5 jackstands for her. I’ve been aboardand it is quite stablelike this. We plan many Spring projects: rebedding stanchions,replacing lifelines,repairing and fairing keel, patch and bottom paint(Petit Trinidad) andfinishing the new wiring. Need to find the ideal place for our solar panel(which I cracked by, ahem,sitting on it) and perhaps a dedicated Garmin handheldchartplotter.Please keep us posted on your story. Yours, Sean Mulligan (and Vivian Werner)Emmylou #307__________________________________________________________Do you Yahoo!?Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.http://new.mail.yahoo.com


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