ACE Cradle Delivery to Whitby

ACE came from Maryland in the spring, so one of things we needed to do was get a cradle for winter storage.  We had ordered one from the Marine Cradle Shop for $2,200 for delivery in October.

I found a used 8 pad cradle for a Beneteau First 36.7 on Kijiji for $700.  The 36.7 has the same draft/length/beam as the MUMM 36, so we jumped on it and cancelled the order for the new cradle.

ACE will be hauled out in the next couple of weeks, so we had to get the new to us cradle from Port Credit Yacht Club to Whitby Yacht Club.

Mark Backman and I hooked up a trailer borrowed from a WYC member and headed to PCYC in the morning.

Took a while to find the cradle, and had the yard forklift operator load it on the trailer:

The cradle is large (6ft x 15ft), and stuck out about 2ft out the back of the trailer. 

Ready to go

at Whitby

There is no way we can lift it.  We will get the club Hydro truck to lift it out of the trailer.