A Jowi Cradle for ZANZIBAR

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 Great Lakes. In order to support the Flicka on the trailer, a cradle was needed and a Dana owner offered his cradle for the trip. In order to make the cradle work, the keel support had to be built up with wood to raise the Flicka high enough to allow the pads to be used.

2011 - The Dana owner sold the cradle to Randy for storing s/y ZANZIBAR in a boat yard five miles from the marina. While this cradle supported the Flicka, it would need to be modified to fit the smaller hull.

2012 - In the fall of 2012, Randy moved his Flicka to a boat yard much closer to the marina. During the summer, they modified the Jowi cradle to fit the Flicka. This was an important alteration, which turned the cradle from one that work well enough to a cradle that fit the hull of the Flicka.

2013 - The modified cradle was painted blue to match the hull of s/y ZANZIBAR. The wood keel support and the hull pads were all covered with new carpet. Looking around the yard, Randy’s Flicka cradle is one of the better looking cradles around the yard.

The Jowi is offered in painted steel or aluminum. You can order one of the cradles through the Navstore. Their web page is:

http://www.navstore.com/anchor-dock-cradle/boat-cradles/

The cradle in these photos should be a Jowi 1 with a limit of 10,000 pounds. They offer a smaller cradle (Jowi .5) with a limit of 5,000 pounds, which is less than the displacement of an empty Flicka. The Jowi 1 is strong enough for the Flicka.