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    Jim Hawkins

    If, like Dave and Fran Dickenson, you wind up having to haul your boat out of the water far from home and hundreds of miles from her cradle, you’ll find Dave’s solution to be infinitely useful.
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    Build your own cradle

    One man’s response to an emergency haulout Issue 49 : Jul/Aug 2006 When my wife and I were trapped by fog in Burgeo, Newfoundland, we met Dave and Fran Dickenson, who were trapped there as well becaus...

    Jim Hawkins
    August 20, 2026
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