07° 11.89 N 125° 42.615 E
Samal Is. Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
We are now and have been for the last week in the hard stand area of the marina. We came out of the water last Monday, 14 Sept. as planned. Here a cradle attached on top of a large trailer is lowered down a ramp into the water and at the appropriate high tide you drive onto the cradle.
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| TOMORROW WITH HIGH TIDE |
Our draft as we now sit is a bit over two meters or 6' 7''. According to Kjarten, the yard manager, we would need a high tide of 1.7 meters to get situated on the cradle. Once you get in the cradle the workers in the water and watching with their dive masts place blocks under the keel and get the boat aligned properly. As the tide drops you are firmly set.
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| THE TIDE IS HIGH |
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| SECURING THE CRADLE |
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| THE TIDE IS DROPPING |
Next the trailer and cradle are pulled up using a treaded back hoe. Once out of the water the yard boys scrape the barnacles and scrub off any slime. No pressure washer just manual labor.
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| KATHY RIDING ALONG |
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| NO POWER WASH HERE |
We were then maneuvered up into the yard and backed into our spot in the hard stand area. The cradle is then blocked up and the trailer removed for the next boat going in or out.
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| MAKING SURE WE'RE LEVEL |
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| REMOVING THE TRAILER |
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| THIS!!! |
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| OR THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN |
Always before on the hard it has been a ladder to climb up and down on, not a pretty thought when we may be out of the water for several months. Here several of the others confined to the hard have had actual stairs constructed. Kathy was immediately in favor of this and now after a week of climbing back and forth it is a great idea.
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