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TakeFive
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Initially Posted - 10/15/2010 : 12:46:34

I have made a last-minute decision to join a local boat club. They have a much more secure boat yard, and a much nicer facility than the place I was going to use for winter storage. However, because they are a smaller, less commercial operation they said that I will have to provide my own boat stands. This puts me in a situation where I need to buy something quickly at the time of year where everyone else is buying them too. And these things are expensive, and not easy to ship either!

Do any of you have any suggestions on where I might buy/rent some nice used ones? (Any marina going out of business and liquidating?)

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 10/15/2010 : 13:47:00

well...maybe the yard that you are not going to be with has some stands they won't be using...

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OJ
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Response Posted - 10/15/2010 : 15:41:52

How far are you from Defender Industries?

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Response Posted - 10/15/2010 : 18:25:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OJ
 How far are you from Defender Industries?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">About 4-1/2 to 5 hours (if the NJTP and the GWB are open). (I, on the other hand, am about 12 minutes...

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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/15/2010 : 18:51:21

Dave has the distance about right. It would be a lot of driving to avoid shipping charges, even though the shipping will be very high. My best bet might be to use Defender's price to see if I can get WM to reduce their ridiculous prices on these items.

I'm scouring Craigslist pretty thoroughly. Not much so far. I may post a want ad.

I would like your opinions on the link below. I called for info today and some of the stuff is backordered, but is coming on the boat (from China) in a few weeks. The new shipment will include V-tops. They are fully zinc coated inside and out, including the threads. Free shipping on orders over $600, which means it may actually be cheaper to order a couple extra stands. Have you guys heard of this company? Naturally I am concerned with Chinese quality, especially around long-term corrosion due to cheaper alloys and/or weld quality. But I can save a lot of money vs. the other options, and galvanized would be nice:

http://scaffoldmart.com/boat-stand/TEMP-boat-stand.html

Edited by - TakeFive on 10/15/2010 18:54:03

GaryB
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Response Posted - 10/16/2010 : 07:07:35

I'd be leary of the bases. There are no braces (which i sodd) on one side at ground level. If the stands get a twisting side load on them I think they could fold up and collapse easily.

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Response Posted - 10/16/2010 : 07:47:15

They look normal to me--geometrically pretty much identical to Defender's except they're galvanized instead of painted. They're "missing" a brace on one side is so they can be nested together for summer storage--helpful in a big boatyard. The only thing I can't see is a chain bracket for chaining them together--it might be there but obscured in the photo.

Edit: Wait--I see it on another photo... a little bar with a slot, between the tops of the legs. I find it "amusing" that they use Brownell model numbers "for convenience"... (never for confusion, of course!) I wonder what "very similar tube thickness" means. It might be useful to compare shipping weights...

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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/16/2010 : 13:05:37

Brownell's current sailboat stands do not seem to have a cross brace at the bottom either:

There is a guy at the boat club who sells the stands, and apparently has them in stock (though not sure if he has the right ones, since the club is mostly power boats). If he has them, I will probably have to buy them from him, since my membership application still has not been approved yet and I will not want to offend him. I just hope his price is competitive.

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 10/17/2010 : 09:34:01

I was looking at Brownell's website today and noticed that some of the sailboat stands look like the one's in Rick's post above but some of the others have angle iron welded to connect the lower ends of each leg. I believe it depends on whether they are stackable or not.

There is a difference between the powerboat stands (vertical shaft) vs the sailboat stands (angled shaft) so be sure you order the correct ones.

I also noticed they make wedge stands that can be mounted to the cross-braces on your trailer so you don't have to build your own. I'm thinking about getting some of these to replace the fixed tubing that supports my bunks. I could then lower or raise the bunks to get the proper support or make launching and retrieving easier.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 10/17/2010 : 17:48:51

Are you not allowed to use a cradle? Or are the stands that much cheaper? With the number of folks picking up trailers lately you may be able to get a cradle if you put an ad in the swap.

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Response Posted - 10/17/2010 : 19:05:19

Many yards charge for summer storage of personal cradles. Personal stands should probably be taken home--otherwise they'll likely become part of the inventory.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 10/17/2010 : 19:40:32

Oh - sorry we take our stuff home - storage isn't much of an issue for me. Many places around here do have rules about folding cradles, but I think most of the YC's offer free storage. Dunno about the marinas though.

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