lifting a Cross 38

[Red Horse]

Hi folks,
I have to haul my boat for bottom paint. I can't remember if the boat is lifted from the main hull or if the straps go around the ama's does any one have any photos of a Cross 38 being lifted.
Thanks
Rich

[multihuler]

I have always gone around all three hulls, at the bulkheads

[Seagirt]

Two straps around all hulls is what worked for me.

[Roy M]

Trimarans have crossarms to provide powerful resistance to lateral loading, i.e., close-hauled pounding to weather. Bailouts, today, are often done with travel lift cranes which lift vertically. In olden days, or more primitive boatyards, conventional cranes use(d) a single point hoist that pulls the hulls together, unless using a strong back frame. These can lead to significant compression of the hulls, much more than travel lifts. But, since a good design and construction are sufficient to support side loading, there should be little danger in lifting the boat out of the water.

As a side note, I built my boat, a Searunner 40, over forty years ago, and have hauled it out many times without incident. I was the general manager of a large boat yard in San Diego, which also had a marine railway with a support for hauling tris, which was good for the ancient or poorly built hulls. Other yards used standard cranes or syncrolifts (almost like submerge able dry docks). If you are worried about the danger of crushing your hulls at haul out, you probably have a boat that isn't going to be around for long.

[Roy M]

Sorry, haulouts, not bailouts. Damn autocorrect!