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Posted by member Dave Brook on Friday 14 October 2016

Thanks Kenny, I've managed to pick up a couple of props and have copious amounts of railway sleeper sized wood so hopefully, all will be ok. Thanks again Dave

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Message 4 of 5
Posted by member Kenny Clark on Monday 10 October 2016

* Hi Dave, Just seen your post. I have propped Family Pilot 20 with legs, see photos. I have also used sleeper blocks fore/aft under keel, with logs wedged at ground level. A bit more time, work to secure. Always have boat level, as it would be on water. Good luck. Kenny

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Posted by member Dave Brook on Saturday 17 September 2016

Hello Edward, thanks for replying. I've had a look at the boat hull whilst she was on the mud at low tide and it all makes a lot more sense now. The chines look like the place to be ! I'm getting boat stands rather than Acro props and will make liberal use of wooden blocks I'm just down the river from you at Hooe Point Dave

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Posted by member Edward Cartner on Friday 16 September 2016

Hello, Dave, I have a Hardy Bosun, and I believe that its hull form and construction is similar to the Navigator. I keep our boat in the Drystack Marina in Plymouth, which means that it is lifted out of the water after each use and stored on its 'shelf' until required again. I've watched this procedure a couple of times and seen that the supporting arms of the forklift are adjusted in width so that they take the weight of my boat along the chines of the hull. The boat is then trundled into the shed where she is stored on a cradle that runs the length of the hull and also takes the boat's weight via the chines. We have been doing this for a year and a half now, and there has been no damage or obvious distortion of the hull. When we wish to work on the boat ashore, the yard crew put her onto a similar longitudinal cradle to the store and then place additional props under the transom at each quarter. Hope this is helpful.

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Posted by member Dave Brook on Wednesday 14 September 2016

I'm a new Navigator owner in Plymouth and will be craning the boat out this autumn as I don't have a trailer. I'd planned on sitting it on some lengths of railway sleeper and putting a couple of acro props to support it once the crane's dropped it down. I'll then put more wooden props and chocks around it once the lifting cradles have been removed to make it secure. Where is the best place on the hull to support it on the acros? I think the size 0 acro should be ok (1m - 1.8m). Is it best to chock it slightly stern down, level or bow down - or doesn't it matter ? Does anyone have any photos of a Navigator (or similar) safely chocked in the yard ? Thanks for any advice and I'm sure I'll be posting more questions...... Dave

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