My Boat is on the hard in the gradle, upon inspection I noticed a lot of the weight is on the keel, I have a wing keel, inside the boat, the fiberglass is actually bowed up in the mast area, has anyone experienced this? I wasn't there when they put it away last fall, hopefully it will straighten out when I put it in the water. Evidently these boats can't take a lot of keel pressure? I called the yard and asked them to try and raise the boat off the keel somehow, any thoughts out there? Thanks Bob
Past comments in this forum seem to indicate that 75% of the weight should rest on the keel and 25% on the cradles.
hsnt: It almost sound like the yard put your boat in the cradle back-wards!! I the one that posted 75% weight on the keel and 25% on the hull, but the pads have to be at a bulkhead.
Look at your owners manual and there's a diagram of the cradle (with measurements) and the narrower higher pads are for the bow!! Check it out - maybe they could have even put the boat in the wrong cradle? :cry4`