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Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 11/14/2012, 2:22 pm
In Response To: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron (Jack Hawkins)

: I'm almost finished with the hull and deck on my Night Heron, and
: am fitting the the cockpit recess, grrrrr. At any rate, soon
: I'll be fiberglassing. My problem is I don't have a place to
: fiberglass the boat at home, so I have to transport it about 40
: miles to my friend's shop. Since I built it with 3/16" c
: & b, it's fairly fragile before I get it fiberglassed. Any
: suggestions on safely transporting it? Thanks, Jack

It is stronger than you think. I shipped mine (unglassed) thousands of miles on the strongback stuck on top of all my stuff in a shipping container. Just keep it on the strongback and wrap it tightly with plastic wrap. Use J Cradles or a trailer. Should be fine.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Jack Hawkins -- 11/13/2012, 5:04 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Paul Davies -- 11/13/2012, 6:24 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Jack Hawkins -- 11/14/2012, 5:23 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Charles Robinson -- 11/13/2012, 8:44 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/14/2012, 2:22 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron *PIC*
Travis -- 11/15/2012, 12:36 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Jack Hawkins -- 11/15/2012, 5:30 pm
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Will Nettles -- 11/16/2012, 8:32 am
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Jack Hawkins -- 11/18/2012, 9:44 am
Re: Strip: Transporting unfinished Night Heron
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2012, 1:34 am