Preview: The Marine Railway at Seal Cove Boatyard
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May 21, 2015
Email this Video to a FriendAt Seal Cove Boatyard there’s no school like the old school — and when it comes to launching a boatyard full of boats for the season — a good ol’ marine railway can be the right tool for the job.
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patrick marks says:
It seem a little fast for the car getting into the water.
Don Bruce says:
I like the couple who built the outboard cruiser. That’s my idea someday.
Nathan Bayreuther says:
Wow – really something to watch. What’s that beautiful gaff-rigged cutter on her mooring in the background?
George Carmichael says:
Launch cradle seems like its moving a bit fast into the water? All that mass ($$$$) would want to keep moving if the rails got hung up on something on the way down…
Donald Holmes says:
nicely done, Bob. Just another example of why we trust our boats to your care year after year.
Jerry Stavola says:
Nice job! We use a similar railway system at our yacht club, only the car travels about 300′ down (about 30′ drop) to the water. We use the wood skids that rest on a set of “gigs” that we can steer up into our boat yard as we haul boats. A model “A” engine is our power along with block and tackle. Years prior to the gigs, we used 6″ rollers, just like they did 2000 years ago!
David Tew says:
Beautiful boats. Was ANNIE built by Frank or Junior Day perhaps?
ramon rodriguez says:
Nice. There is no better spokesperson then our narrator. The logic of the marine railway is certain but he is a man of his place and time. An attorney who chose to operate gears and see the product of his labor instead of using paper and “motions” to make a living. My hero.
Todd Griner says:
Okay, launching a boat seems easy but what about taking one out of the water. That has to be more difficult. Getting the boat on the cradle just right must be a chore.
Ben Mendlowitz says:
It is more difficult to haul in a cradle on a railway, though it was done all the time before travellifts came along, As Bob explains, Seal Cove uses a hybrid system – hauling by travellift, storing in cradles and launching on the railway.
Peter Duncan says:
Very cool….and much safer than Amtrak.
steve johnson says:
… so right Peter !!