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This is a boat that was blown off its cradle in high winds last winter.I was at Brockville Y.C. to check my boat when we had 60 mph winds near the end of January.
I had walked by it 5 minutes before when I went to phone the harbourmaster about a power boat that was sitting with the bow on the ground (it's in the background).When I came back out the sailboat had launched itself onto the ice.
It had been on a narrow cradle with a 12x12 under the keel and it had a large loose tarp which looked like a hot air balloon in the high wind.
We had a crane in to pull it out a few days later there were no leaks but the keel was loose enough that you could wiggle it with one hand.
Phil
ps: Sure glad I wasn't walking by when it went