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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:55 pm 
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Agreed. I put the cradles in the spots where they fit the hull/s. For storage, I may well add a foam block on the trailer somewhere just aft of the bow.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:53 pm 
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Puget wrote:
With 2 cradles the problem is not so much where the cradles are, but whether the bow and stern are supported.
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Puget's point is a good one. The longer length of the TI requires bow and stern support. I had always had a bow support but I noticed hull deflection just aft of the rear cradle caused by an unsupported stern. After trialling blocks, rollers etc I found adding a third cradle at the stern to be the most effective. It supports the main hull stern in storage/transport but allows for much easier loading/unloading by supporting all of the TI's underhull when sliding it on/off.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:53 pm 
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Hurricane is on the way. Got to use the new TI today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3beqQDLk0


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