[C320-list] Jack stand height

[Dean Vermeire]

Bill,

Who did you have build your trailer?  Were they local?

Thanks,
Dean

On 9/23/2014 8:10 AM, wflowe3 at aim.com wrote:
>   I had a trailer built for mine. It is a "yard trailer" that is sorta like a cradle with a tongue and wheels.  My boat has the fin keel so it has 6.2' draft and really sits up high (deck about 14' above ground when on trailer).  When the marina pulled the boat the first time, they adjusted the pads (there are 9) after they floated the boat onto the trailer so the keel was resting on the keel trough and the stands were then raised to prevent lateral movement.  The keel supports all the weight.
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> I guess my point is that it may be better to not worry too much about getting a precise measurement and setting the pads in advance.
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> Bill
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lockett <locketted at embarqmail.com>
> To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 4:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Jack stand height
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> We actually won't be using jack stands, but will have it on an adjustable sail
> boat trailer with 4 bracing pads.  Are just trying to get a good idea of how
> high up to adjust the bracing pads before pulling out the boat.  Ours is a 2001
> with hull #852.  Probably a 4'10"  draft.
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> Ed Lockett
> Alabama Girl
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> On Sep 22, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Amiraults Family wrote:
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>> My club does not allow jack stands, so everyone uses cradles. Still, to
>> relieve a small portion of my ignorance clear something up for me. I would
>> think that the height of the stands for a wing keel C320 would depend (all
>> else remaining equal) on the hull number. My memory is that early hull had a
>> 4'4" draft. Later, the bilge was deepened with no change to the keel
>> resulting, as in my boat, in a 4'10" draft; which I think would require a
>> taller stand. Even later, the bilge remained the same while Catalina
>> supplied a lower profile wing thus reducing the draft again to the original
>> 4'4".
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>> Brian Amirault
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>> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
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