Canada Update

gdcardoza · Post by **gdcardoza** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:11 pm

Hey all,

Haven't posted anything in a while, so I thought I'd re-introduce myself again;

I'm Graham Cardoza, from Ontario, Canada. I purchased a 1984 10 meter Trojan International mid summer and have done a lot of work and cruised with it all summer.

Some of you may remember my original posting;

http://www.trojanboats.net/wforum/viewt ... highlight=

Anyways, the boat has run excellent all summer and is now blocked and unhappy!!!

Here's some updated photos;

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:45 am

hi graham, welcome back. don't be a stranger. great pics btw..... love how you have her on a lift. wish i could do the same for my lady from time to time as it keeps the bottom cleaner and allows for the hull to dry.

tri cabin aaron, baltimore, md.

Commissionpoint · Post by **Commissionpoint** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:32 am

Check yer contact lenses Aaron. That boat is on beams and blocks not a lift.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:49 am

Commissionpoint wrote:Check yer contact lenses Aaron. That boat is on beams and blocks not a lift.

you're right, my mistake. from a quick look on my part, i thought it was a lift. only human.

graham, looking at the raft up, i see one of the boats was not only flying the canadian flag, but the israeli flag too!! (my eyes DID catch that one detail!)
do you know the israeli flag boat? just curious.
aaron

gdcardoza · Post by **gdcardoza** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:55 am

Aaron,

Look closer, both boats that are rafted up are flying that flag!

I know both guys as they're my neighbors in the marina!

jhalb · Post by **jhalb** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:27 am

The third picture down needs to be framed. Would look good on a wall.

gdcardoza · Post by **gdcardoza** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:47 am

I agree,

I also like this picture as well;

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:45 am

OK, I give up. How do you get the boat in and out of the water or is that just winter storage? And if it is winter storage, how do you work on the bottom?

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 2:10 pm

summer storm wrote:OK, I give up. How do you get the boat in and out of the water or is that just winter storage? And if it is winter storage, how do you work on the bottom?

Can you see the steel "I" Beams on pics 6 and 7 overhead? They use a lift with straps that runs along that "I" Beam to lift the boats, then put them down onto the wooden beams.
The boat can be lifted higher, and platform made under the boat on the beams to do your work.
Some marinas have individual lifts for each dock, but that is mega $$

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:19 pm

summer storm wrote:OK, I give up. How do you get the boat in and out of the water or is that just winter storage? And if it is winter storage, how do you work on the bottom?

This is for winter storage. Four chainfalls (manual or electric), one on each corner, two slings; one at the bow for the two forward chainfalls and one aft. Lift up then sit her on timbers. Newer places will have the "I" beams so you can roll the chainfalls over to the next boat.

Work done off a raft, dinghy, whatever you have, or wait 'till it freezes and stand on the ice.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:23 pm

I assume this common up your way ?

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:25 pm

Very common for covered slip marinas, and there are quite a few up here. Uncovered slip boats get hauled on land and wrapped.

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:31 pm

prowlersfish wrote:I assume this common up your way ?

YUP
On Lake Simcoe about 1 hour North of Toronto

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:38 pm

That looks like Keswick Marina

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:44 pm

Thanks pretty neat