tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post7127926858585276157..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: Ask the Readers: Raft To BoatMichael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-74868054504490887362013-01-02T07:50:04.902-06:002013-01-02T07:50:04.902-06:00Oh, I like that. If she didn't slide off the r...Oh, I like that. If she didn't slide off the ramp into the water in the process... that has possibilities.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-64026823021260778132013-01-01T21:59:48.435-06:002013-01-01T21:59:48.435-06:00Secure ropes to the raft, rig some sort of pulley ...Secure ropes to the raft, rig some sort of pulley system, and hoist one end of the raft up to the edge of the deck, turning the raft into a ramp. Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166124370722384705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-3602992277987331122012-12-12T09:40:28.851-06:002012-12-12T09:40:28.851-06:00It's the hoisting part that seems to be the pr...It's the hoisting part that seems to be the problem - she weighs just about exactly what he does. And the sailboat doesn't have any sort of crane that I can see. (I'm working from pictures and floorplan drawings; I've never been aboard one.) <br /><br />I suspect that <i>I</i> could manage to pull someone of my own weight up using the BFMI method (Brute Force and Massive Ignorance) and even get them over the railing, but I'm not at all sure that Gabbin could. He's supposed to be a wiry little guy.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-7957831985668208182012-12-12T09:17:27.168-06:002012-12-12T09:17:27.168-06:00Jerry-rigs a stretcher on the Sailcraft and hoist ...Jerry-rigs a stretcher on the Sailcraft and hoist her up?Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com