Here in the northeast, we've had an interesting winter of some extremes. Not only has there been a substantial amount of cold, but we've also had some significant warmups in between the colder periods--and lots of snow and other moisture as well.
I have two boats stored outside here on jackstands. I have never had to make so many adjustments to the stands, in many years of ownership, as I have this season; the ground must be heaving to and fro. I continually find some of the stands to be loose, and this morning I found one of the stands had begun tipping back away from the boat, lifting the single inner leg. (This is why chains are so important).
No harm is coming of any of this, but if your boat is outside, be sure to check those stands every so often--once a week isn't too frequent, in my opinion. Usually, the heaving and such doesn't really start in earnest till later in the spring, but this year is different for some reason.
Check them out and make sure your boat is safe!
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heaving Maine
It would seam that the heaving Maine can be as periolus for a vessel as the heaving main (smile).
This is insightful. I never was much good in English class when it came to deciphering things like allegory. When I read Moby Dick I was far more interested in how the ship was built, rigged and sailed that what the whale represented. But now I think I better understand what Dominique de Pradt (1759-1837) meant when he wrote:
She dreamt of portents. In her dreaming
she walked across a snowy plain
through gloom and mist; and there came streaming
a furious, boiling, heaving main
across the drift-encumbered acres,
a raging torrent, capped with breakers,
a flood on which no frosty band
had been imposed by winter's hand;
two poles that ice had glued like plaster
were placed across the gulf to make
a flimsy bridge whose every quake
spelt hazard, ruin and disaster;
she stopped at the loud torrent's bound,
perplexed... and rooted to the ground.
Clearly ?heaving main? in this case simply refers to frost heaves here in Maine <duh> while the ?she? is a boat (aren?t all boats a she?) while the ?two poles? are poppets (two, well I have more than that, but poets aren?t always very good at math). Finally ?rooted to the ground? must refer to the blocking under the keel.
This is insightful. I never was much good in English class when it came to deciphering things like allegory. When I read Moby Dick I was far more interested in how the ship was built, rigged and sailed that what the whale represented. But now I think I better understand what Dominique de Pradt (1759-1837) meant when he wrote:
She dreamt of portents. In her dreaming
she walked across a snowy plain
through gloom and mist; and there came streaming
a furious, boiling, heaving main
across the drift-encumbered acres,
a raging torrent, capped with breakers,
a flood on which no frosty band
had been imposed by winter's hand;
two poles that ice had glued like plaster
were placed across the gulf to make
a flimsy bridge whose every quake
spelt hazard, ruin and disaster;
she stopped at the loud torrent's bound,
perplexed... and rooted to the ground.
Clearly ?heaving main? in this case simply refers to frost heaves here in Maine <duh> while the ?she? is a boat (aren?t all boats a she?) while the ?two poles? are poppets (two, well I have more than that, but poets aren?t always very good at math). Finally ?rooted to the ground? must refer to the blocking under the keel.