Yarmouth IOW Crane

indaba1991 · 10 November 2014, 08:20

Has anyone used the crane in Yarmouth IOW?

I used it for a lift and scrub on Mini Indaba last June - but they were reluctant then to lift the Protector due to lack of appropriate strops. I was told that they now have longer / weight approved strops. I am led to believe they could now lift me as the crane is rated for 5 tons.

Would be interested if anyone has lifted here as it is well priced and they let you personally use the jet wash. If not I would be interested to hear from anyone ideas for reasonably priced quick lift / scrubs anywhere Solent area.

chris.moody · 10 November 2014, 11:31

I find Bucklers Hard very reasonably priced and their hoist is rated to 35 tonnes if I remember correctly. They will either lift, powerwash / scrub and relaunch, or you can stay ashore for a few days to do your own cleaning & maintenance.

Searider · 10 November 2014, 17:16

The sealift in Cowes and Gosport can quite often be very reasonably priced

tim griffin · 10 November 2014, 17:57

Sea lift no longer at Cowes only gosport
Cheers
Tim

LURCHER · 10 November 2014, 19:14

KB boatyard Camber dockyard very good

indaba1991 · 16 November 2014, 17:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by indaba1991

Has anyone used the crane in Yarmouth IOW?

I used it for a lift and scrub on Mini Indaba last June - but they were reluctant then to lift the Protector due to lack of appropriate strops. I was told that they now have longer / weight approved strops. I am led to believe they could now lift me as the crane is rated for 5 tons.

Would be interested if anyone has lifted here as it is well priced and they let you personally use the jet wash. If not I would be interested to hear from anyone ideas for reasonably priced quick lift / scrubs anywhere Solent area.

It works! The team at Yarmouth agreed to have a test with the Protector using their new strops - pics of the trial lift on Friday.

Very good arrangement here and very price competitive. Will definitely do the scrub and ant foul here.

indaba1991 · 16 November 2014, 17:09

Another photo of crane

indaba1991 · 16 November 2014, 17:09

Yarmouth crane

Zippy · 16 November 2014, 19:40

Think they need to work on getting a level lift, unless its the pictures, something is seriously not right there..

i would not be happy having my boat lifted like that. if the strops were the right length then it wouldn't be running over you cabin top and potentially causing damage. i assume it wasn't put to ground from that angle?