Cradle measurements turn out to be accurate

With the help of a few posters to the C&C owner listserv and my own calculations I was able to determine the height of the crossbeam at the bow of the cradle. Being uncertain of the quality of my estimate I deducted six inches to ensure that I was not too high at the bow support. It's hard to tell from the photos below but I am about eight inches too low. Luckily the boat is perfectly happy resting in the keel itself without need of bow or stern supports. In any case I am able to add shims to the bow if needed. We decided not to put in a stern support.

Haul Out

Getting cradle ready. The wooden cradle is chained to a steel car moved with a cable.
Empty cradle on its way into the water.
Boat floating into submerged cradle
Cable hauls cradled boat up ramp
All the way out
Traveling down the line to the siding.
People-power pushes cradle off the rail car into the siding. The sidings are 6"x6" wooden rails covered with beef fat to make the boat slide into its spot.
View from the deck.

Building a wooden cradle

I need some measurements to modify an existing wooden cradle to hold Prime Interest. Hopefully a LF38 might be on-the-hard someplace and the owner being able to help me out.

I'm starting off with a cradle that has to be modified to widen the aft uprights to handle the 12'0" beam. There are 2"x8" beams acting as bow and aft cross-supports so the primary concern is that they may be too high - too low is OK as we can always add some wedges. To appreciate the design take a look at the link below.

I need to verify the height of the bow support ( height 'D' above ) and the aft support which should be approximately 2 feet rear of the keel ( height 'A' ). The length of the keel ( 'B' and 'C' ) is important to verify the relative positions of the hull supports and overall length of the structure.

Also, I'll need to verify the width ( thickness ) of the keel at the widest point.

Here's a description of the end product - http://www.qcyc.ca/members/yard/Marine_Railway_Cradles.pdf

At its mooring

Prime Interest at Queen City Yacht Club

Taking delivery and heading home

Sailing from Bowmanville to QCYC. Left with dangerous skies but eventually cleared.

New ( and Old ) Owners

New owners ( us ) on the left and previous owners Mandy and Harry Broersma. Mandy and Harry purchased Prime Interest in 1982 from C&C and were proud owners of her for 24 years. Here, pictured on the docks at Wiggers Custom Yachts in Bowmanville.

Looking good!

Freshly painted and ready for survey on the lawn at Wiggers.

Hull repaired and repainted

Primer coats ready for final colour. Work completed at Wiggers Custom Yachts ( www.wiggerscustomyachts.com ) in Bowmanville.

Photos from the brokerage listing

A few photos from Niagara-on-the-Lake Yacht Sales ( www.niagarayachtsales.com )