Flicka Friends · Volume 16, Issue 1

Winter 2014

28 pages · edited by Tom Davison · contributions from Tom Davison, Bob Collier

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In this issue

Flicka Stands and Cradles
Cribbing and Boat Stands — Tom Davison (p4)
HEART of GOLD’s Cradle — Tom Davison (p6)
A Jowi Cradle for ZANZIBAR — Tom Davison (p14)
Lifting A Flicka — Tom Davison (p18)
Hauling A Flicka — Tom Davison (p22)
Flicka Factory Cradle — Tom Davison (p24)
Supporting RED RASCAL — Bob Collier (p25)
Shopping For A Cradle (p26)

Articles in this issue

Cribbing and Boat Stands By Tom Davison · page 4 · 3 photos After the trip to the San Juan Islands in Washington State in October 2012 to buy my Flicka, I needed a place for storage. The previous owner used one of the two marinas in the… Read the article →
HEART of GOLD’s Cradle By Tom Davison · page 6 · 22 photos While researching cradles for the Flicka, I discovered a Flicka cradle built in Australia by Richard Lawless’s father. It was simple and appeared to fit the Flicka very well.… Read the article →
A Jowi Cradle for ZANZIBAR By Tom Davison · page 14 · 8 photos When Randy Richardson purchased his Flicka, he needed to get the sailboat back from Maine. A local boat service was hired to make the trip to Maine and bring s/y ZANZIBAR to the… Read the article →
Lifting A Flicka By Tom Davison · page 18 · 8 photos If the boat yard is unfamiliar with the Flicka, you need to let the lift operator know about where to place the slings. The placement of the straps is important. An image of… Read the article →
Hauling A Flicka By Tom Davison · page 22 · 5 photos While many of the previous articles in Flicka Friends have been about launching and recovering a Flicka with a trailer, this issue includes information about using a travel-lift… Read the article →
Flicka Factory Cradle By Tom Davison · page 24 · 1 photo Flickas were shipped from the Pacific Seacraft factory in California using a wood cradle. The photo above shows one of these cradles in use. There is a Flicka Friends article… Read the article →
Shopping For A Cradle Flicka Friends · page 26 · 2 photos There are a number of places to find boat cradles. A number of companies built them in a variety of styles. Any internet search will likely come up with a few that can build a… Read the article →

Also in this issue

These pieces are in the archive but not yet transcribed — they're in the PDF.

Flicka Stands and Cradles
Supporting RED RASCAL — Bob Collier (p25)

Every surviving issue is in the Flicka Friends archive. For the boats named here, see the Flicka 20 registry, or the Flicka 20 specs.