Following her excursion to Morbihan, Daisy IV returned to her mooring this week.
As often stated, we aren’t blessed with good slipways over here on the east coast - certainly none to compare with the many we saw in Morbihan. And, it being neap tides, I took a tip from one of my fellow Debeners from the recent trip to try dry-launching directly onto the hard. I tried this once before with Daisy II - same location. This is what happened when I tried it with Daisy IV!
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| The basic idea is to detach the trailer from the car, push the boat backwards off the trailer - a couple of wheel stops come in handy - wait for the trailer to tilt whereupon the boat moves partly off the trailer. That's what's happened here. Then attach rope to trailer and towing hitch, and gently pull trailer from underneath. |
I'd say that worked pretty well.. At risk of starting an AA meeting, let’s see at the end of the month whether a 'dry recovery' can be perfected!
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