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New Meaning of "On The Hard"

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New Meaning of "On The Hard"

Post by tkhersom » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:35 am

Not a Chris Craft, but very COOL! 8)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z2pgLRPt1X

Thanks to Alex Watson for bringing this to my attention. :D
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Re: New Meaning of "On The Hard"

Post by tuobanur » Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:39 pm

That's pretty amazing, being in the crane business myself I would have loved to seen how they got it up on the bank/cliff.
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Re: New Meaning of "On The Hard"

Post by Doug P » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:57 pm

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Re: New Meaning of "On The Hard"

Post by Beanstalk » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:24 pm

Back in the summer of 1986 I was visiting a college roommate who had landed a summer job as a bouncer at a Put-In Bay watering hole. While riding my bicycle from the ferry dock to town (couldn't afford the fare to bring the car), I came upon the "landing" operation. I spent a few hours watching, as they hauled the forecastle up the cliff off of a barge. They used bulldozers - I don't recall how many, but more than one - and large inclined timbers spanning from the barge up to the rock ledge. It was a dramatic undertaking - not terribly well planned or engineered; lot's of cables and winches, black smoke, and white knuckles. Not unlike the first time I pulled the trailer out from under my CC in the driveway...

Wish I had brought a camera! I've seen it a few times since, both by land and sea. Coolest dwelling I have ever seen, by a HUGE margin!
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Re: New Meaning of "On The Hard"

Post by tkhersom » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:03 am

Beanstalk!

That must have been quite a thing to watch. Thanks for the story!

PS: I like your boat. Trying to find all different 58's. (especially cruiser types, we have to stick together you know) :D
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1991 Formula 36PC "Band Aids"

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