boat stands

[jason]

Hi all, Can anyone tell me what size sail stands I will need for a O 28? I am having the boat transported and will need to place on stands versus the present cradle. Thanks.

 

[Mike]

why stands?

It sounds like you are going to use jack stands unless "sail stands" are something different. An O'day 28 at my marina was moved last spring on a flat bed trailer and the mover used the owners steel cradle. It is true that the mover did a great deal of work getting the boat and stand tied to the truck but he didn't use any extra devices to hold the boat. Perhaps it would help if you described a "sail stand".Good Luck,Mike

 

[Rod Johnson,]

Hydraulic Trailer

I assume that he will be having the boat transported by a boathauler that uses a hydraulic trailer. These trailers can not really carry a boat on a cradle, they more or less have arms on them that form a cradle as the boat is loaded. I'm not sure how long it took them to load that other O'Day 28 that was on a cradle, and them how long it took to unload it, but using a hydraulic trailer and boat stands (also called jack-stands or Brownell Stands) the boat can be loaded and on the road about 15 minutes after the truck arrives, and then unloaded at the other end of the trip in about the same time. Time is money, and though I prefer a solid cradle (either wood or steel) the stands are becoming the only form of cradle at more and more boatyards. Just as the travel-lift has replaced the marine railway, the hydraulic trailer has mostly replaced the old way of hauling boats on a flat-bed trailer with a cradle. The hydraulic trailer can also be used (in most cases) to launch the boat at a convienent boat ramp rather than needing to use a travel-lift at the boat yard.I've added a link to Brownell Systems the inventor of the Hydraulic trailers and major supplier of boat stands.