Preparing your sail boat for Lift In and Out

Lift In

• Mark on your toe rail (bow and stern / port and starboard) where you want the slings placed to lift your boat.
• If you are happy with the position of the boat in your cradle, anchor your base keel board to the cradle and screw a block of wood across the front and or back of your keel to show where you want the boat placed back in the cradle @ lift out. 
• Hang your fenders out and have a bow and stern line attached and hanging down before the boat is about to be launched.  The each line should be the length of your boat.
• Start your engine in the compound (let it run for no longer than 15 seconds) to ensure that you can motor away from the launch area. 
• Make sure that your boat name and the owners name are on the cradle.  Mark the cradle for bow and stern.  Erase all other markings.
• On the morning of lift in, be sure your boat is unlocked when it is lifted in so you can quickly inspect the bilge for any water leaks.
• If you are antifouling under your pads, during the lift, be very careful not to get any paint on the slings as it could get on the top sides of the next boat to be lifted.
• Be there early, before your launch or your boat will not be lifted without your presence. 

Lift Out

• Make sure your cradle is in good repair and is capable of supporting your boat during transport.  If you have any concerns, speak to the marina staff and they will advise you who to contact @ the CYC to the discuss the situation.  The CYC reserves the right to refuse to lift a boat if the boat and or its cradle is deemed to be unsafe or unseaworthy.
• Mark your toe rail as to where you want the lift points, port & starboard, forward and aft.  Advise the lift crew if you have a full keel.  The boat owner is responsible for the sling placement. 
• Check on Friday PM as to the location of your cradle.  Mast up boats and trailer boats are lift first, starting @ 7:00 AM sharp.  Be early.  No boat is lifted without the skipper present.  
• Sling a weighted line under the aft portion of your stern, clear of the prop, and tie off to the primary winches, so that we can tie on the end of the sling and pull it under your boat.  Have this completed well before your boat is ready to be lifted.
• Attach a bow and stern line.  Each line should be the length of your boat.
• When you first arrive @ the harbour, check in with the lift co-ordinator.  He will advise you when your boat will be lifted.  When your boat is the next one to be lifted, identify yourself to the lift crew as the skipper of the vessel.  If you have any special requests, now is the time to be talking about them.