tonybarebones
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graham
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Loc: South Wales
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What a blinkin shame about both boats after we thought the worst was over. 
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sarabande
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Reged: 06/05/2005
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Loc: Thames valley, or up on the mo...
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Is that a professional cradle, and if so, do you know the maker please ? PM if necessary, please.
(I am about to order a cradle for the m/sailor......)
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csail
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Reged: 24/08/2005
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Loc: Rhoose/Cardiff Bay,UK
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Don't quote me but if it was the yaht nearest the skip it was the yaght leg company or something.... look in pbo. it did look a bit precarious!
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Sneddon
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Reged: 26/02/2007
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Loc: Bristol
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Bloody shame, feel for the owners, hope the damage ain't to bad?
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Nicki_Crutchfield
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Reged: 07/03/2005
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Loc: North Devon
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Ent no cradle. That's a turd heap. And remember; "professional" only means that someone has paid for something. Competent amateurs often prevail where professionals don't.
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wotayottie
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Reged: 01/07/2007
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And remember; "professional" only means that someone has paid for something.
True - with "professionals" in everything from garage mechanics to lorry drivers, thats all the word does mean these days
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Sneddon
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Loc: Bristol
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And remember; "professional" only means that someone has paid for something.
True - with "professionals" in everything from garage mechanics to lorry drivers, thats all the word does mean these days
A very sad but very true statement!
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mrbloto
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Reged: 31/12/2007
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surely the club must have some kind of responsability to the members to make sure that the equipment is up to it. after all they are the"professionals" where are you on this one damo i hope not on the fence
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Damo
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Reged: 22/02/2005
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Loc: k keeper,Portishead
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I don't know what the situation would be in a Club yard, responsibility-wise.
The comments about "professionally-built" stuff may be a bit unjust - we don't know what the cradle was designed for. The one for the Hanse looks a bit flimsy for a fin-keel boat, and there doesn't seem to have been a sleeper along the ladder frame for the keel to sit on (unless it has been removed since) and spread the load. Looks like that's where it buckled.
If you have been on a boat in a cradle, with the mast up, in strong winds, you will know how much it shakes. The surprising thing is how few boats have gone over IMO. The cradles we use are much more substantial than the one in the pic.
Anyway, I have to do some fence-sitting in a public forum, as I hope you will understand 
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