Every boat owners nightmare

[Terence]

came across this crane job.

 

hope the link works?Clicky

 

Terence

[Idunhoe]

Oooops

[grunders]

I think the thread title should be: Every Crane Owner's Nightmare

Edited June 1, 2011 by grunders

[Ally]

At least the boat knew how to swim away to safety!!!

[RLWP]

I think the thread title should be: Every Crane Owner's Nightmare

 

Zackly. The boat was fine, but the crane?

 

Richard

[Guest]

I have never seen a boat craned out in person before but got the chance last week at our marina when a wide beam boat that had been sold by New & Used was being lifted out to go to it's new home somewhere on the system.

 

It is an impressive thing to see done well. I noticed the crew at first only lifted the boat so far our the water to see if it was going to tilt forward or backwards - initially it went forwards so they carefully lowered it back and re-positioned the strops and repeated.

 

It took three goes to get it to lift out level but it didn't fall.....

[robdalej]

Bet the crane driver got a shock!

[pquinn]

here is a good one http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/12138/

[carlt]

Bet the crane driver got a shock!

He jumps out and legs it about 6 seconds into the video.

[muddywaters]

here is a good one http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/12138/

I've seen the video of that one, someone sent me it a while ago

[grahoom]

here is a good one http://www.vertikal.net/en/news/story/12138/

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0421/galway.html#video

 

video

[Caprifool]

Is it common to use two cranes like they did?

[Guest]

Is it common to use two cranes like they did?

 

For narrowboats/widebeams I think it's uncommon. One would be the norm.

[Terence]

He jumps out and legs it about 6 seconds into the video.

 

You know I never noticed that, what a lucky man.

 

I do know that crane will never pass its next MOT at least four of them tyres are bald.

 

Terence

[Morat]

So is the driver, I'd imagine!

[by'eck]

came across this crane job.

 

hope the link works?Clicky

 

Terence

 

I thought the boat launch went rather well

 

Shouldn't the title be Every crane drivers nightmare

[RLWP]

I think the thread title should be: Every Crane Owner's Nightmare

 

 

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Shouldn't the title be Every crane drivers nightmare

 

Snap!

 

Richard

[Guest wanted]

I thought the boat launch went rather well

 

Shouldn't the title be Every crane drivers nightmare

You can say that again

[nb Innisfree]

I have never seen a boat craned out in person before but got the chance last week at our marina when a wide beam boat that had been sold by New & Used was being lifted out to go to it's new home somewhere on the system.

 

It is an impressive thing to see done well. I noticed the crew at first only lifted the boat so far our the water to see if it was going to tilt forward or backwards - initially it went forwards so they carefully lowered it back and re-positioned the strops and repeated.

 

It took three goes to get it to lift out level but it didn't fall.....

 

It's not exactly impressive when you've just spent nearly two years hard work fitting your boat out and watch it all hanging on a thread, insured yes but the thought of going through it all again and realising you couldn't do that does makes your arse twitch a bit a bloke said to me don't worry it's insured, I've seen loads go in, it doesn't bother me my reply was 'I don't expect it does if it's not your boat' I resisted adding 'dickhead'