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Chelsea:
Do you need more accurate measurements? If so let me know and I can photograph it this weekend and take more detailed measurements.
Lauri

Alma:
If I had a proper cradle I could Winter-store ALMA at Utch's Marina on the Delaware Bay Canal In Cape May.
Utch's will not allow a boat supported simply on "poppet" stands. The winds sometimes howl through funneled by a bridge adjacent to Utch's and after a few boats have fallen over they made this rule.

ALMA had another boat, a PEARSON 28, fall into her at Riverside Marina in NJ!

A yard hand was doing something to "Barefootin'" and she fell right against ALMA. My late friend and captain of Barefootin' was there when it happened. There was no damage! Thanks Bill Shaw!

One time I asked the yard to move the 6X6 dunnage under ALMA's keel so I could dab the last of the bottom paint.

Again the yard hand surprised me- He used the two rear poppet stands as jacks and lifted ALMA's stern right up 'till the logs under the keel were loose enough to move! I certainly wouldn't suggest this but again it is a tribute to the 323's strong hull (especially at the waterline where the hull is reinforced on the inside.

If I were to design a steel cradle I would be sure to make it so it could be bolted together and broken down for transport in a pick-up truck. I've painted my self into a corner many times and I wouldn't want to have to leave an expensive custom cradle behind...

When poppet stands were in short supply right before Super Storm Sandy I made this jury-rig to keep ALMA from falling over. The yard off Great Bay used only 5 stands and I felt ALMA needed seven. There were no more stands available.

Do you know how Super Storm Sandy got her name?

The barometric pressure and sustained windspeed wasn't enough to grant the insurance companies their "Hurricane Deductables" so Sandy became a "Named Storm"!

The "Named Storm" deductible is a percentage of the policy's value NOT the $500 or whatever normal deductible-

Most folks in NJ still haven't been compensated for Sandy damage...

Chelsea:
A bit more on cradles.  When I purchased Chelsea she was in Chicago and I boat out of Muskegon, MI.  I sailed her up and picked up the cradle in a 6x12 foot open trailer from U-Haul.  It slipped right in (with a fork lift) being cautious of the weight.  And forked off at the marina. 
The yard likes cradles as they can move boats easily if they need to.

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