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Originally Posted by Water Camper
"...I am considering putting in a seasonal boat lift. I have no power at the water..."
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I've just photographed a neighbor's solution here in Florida, though it's not technically a lift.
After about a week's processing of this particular film, I can display the nifty design—which is nearly finished. It doesn't appear to fit his present 22' boat, so it remains to be seen just what boat it's for!
Maybe a pontoon boat?
Think of a modified boat trailer: it consists of a series of rubber rollers (maybe 60 or 80) mounted in three aluminum racks on 4-inch concrete stands. The stationary rack is designed to pull the boat out of the water and support it.
While it's a large and intensive use of human labor to install, labor should come cheaper and very-much-appreciated in this present economy.
ETA:
It turns out that this is to store two Jet-Skis
and his usual outboard boat (which is not a pontoon or tri-toon boat).
The unit arrives from the factory with a manual trailer-style winch, but the owner is adding solar panels to drive his three
12-volt winches. (One for each boat).
By coincidence, he had just pulled up his main boat for the first time today.
