Crane / Flotation

[Jonah]

Hi all.  A couple questions, I know I have asked this question, but will try it again.
Does anyone use a crane to launch your boat?  I'm looking to give it a try.  Also do our CP16s have any flotation?

Thank you, blessings, 'J'ene  ?? ?

[skip1930]

Not a Com-Pac on a hook.
We use to grab our Star Boat with one eye bolt at the balance point. 
But no amount of flotation will ever keep any Com-Pac a float. And it is not required because of the weight of the keel.

skip.

[MacGyver]

The flotation is there for forklift usage to pull and launch our boats. As far as crane usage, single point lifting is not really a possibility due to design, but dual sling is a idea. I do however recommend due to the shape of the compacs to use a rope on each side to keep the slings from sliding out.

Would hate to see any boat drop out of slings by accident.

Mac

[deisher6]

Hey Jonah:
I have not launched a C-16 with a crane but I have lifted one off the trailer with a single point lift (a pipe fit over a fork on a forklift).  Used two slings, towing straps, one on each side of the keel.  Then chained them together with chain so that the slings were about 3 foot apart.  Lifted with the pipe in the middle between the slings abeam the boat.  It worked well enough to get the boat on and off the trailer. 

regards charlie

[Jonah]

Thank you for the responses.  I have thought straps would work, but I would like to use a sling. Thinking of put substantial backing plates with heavy duty brass/bronze cleats in the rear and a single lifting point at the bow with a large backing plate under the foredeck.  We have quite a few boats at our Saling Club on trailers and the launch with a crain when they want to go sailing.  Most of them have a center lifting point.   Thanks again, blessings, 'J' ene