I guess I have posted, 15, Mom has a "new" Tom Cat

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C Dory Year
2008
C Dory Model
255 Tomcat
Vessel Name
Knoty Lady
insurance shot . . .

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another insurance shot when we had a failure . . . caption for the salvage diver?


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we had a boat lift failure . . .

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used the windlass to pull the hydraulic pump off the bottom, 11 feet

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we're all good now . . .

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trying to figger some NorCal crab setup in short order . . .
 
Don't understand. What failed? New TomCat?

Charlie
 
Me too, guess I am a little slow on the uptake here...a "new" TC means the old one got toasted?
 
Looks like SOMETHING sunk in the slip, don't think it was the TC! The picture doesn't look like that!
 
I think the boat lift failed. Pretty big boat to use a slip dry lift on.
 
Think the boat lift's Hydraulic Pump visited Davy Jones Locker.
 
yeah sorry, I'm notorious for thinking everyone knows what I'm talking about.

We had a boat lift failure, both of the port castings failed at the same time thereby pinning the boat in the slip with one of the aft guide poles . . . if that makes any sense.

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we finally got the boat free and the failed structure removed.

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ghone":ud4gc6m4 said:
I think the boat lift failed. Pretty big boat to use a slip dry lift on.
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"Dry lifts" are available for boats up to 50 feet (I have not seen larger, but theoretically possible). In our area boats in the 10,000 lb category are often lift stored. Many of the Tom Cats are lift stored.
 
So, I assume what a "dry lift" does is pump air into those two tanks, thereby lifting the boat up, akin to being on a trailer? Neat. Until this happens. Could happen to those of us with sling or hoist lift too... :cry:

Glad the boat was OK, does insurance cover that sort of stuff?

Charlie
 
Hi Dr Bob, are there a lot of dry lifts in your area for maintenance reasons? Ie not needing bottom paint and avoiding damage to props and under water gear? We see a few in BC mostly center console fishing boats that owners use a couple times a year and want to keep the boat nice. Other than that not many. Mostly electric air pumps by Hydro Hoist the main type? I saw several in wahweap I'll bet for owners worried about mussels. George
 
Do you know the make and model of the lift that failed? Doesn't look like a HydroHoist. Looks like a "Sunstream" ?
 
I do not know the model # but it is a Sunstream and it came with the one box that contained the pump, batteries and radio controller.

here's a 43 second youtube video of it when it was at Santa Cruz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm3mXe-4NMQ
 
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