Another way to make cradles is to form them up directly on the hulls. We did this for our Hobie 17's. Use waxpaper first, then fiberglass mat and resin, with plywood backing.

Our cradles are about 14in long, and rest on the trailer rollers, lower boat, and on the boat cross bars, upper boat. We have used this system on our 1986 and 1989 H-17's for 26 years. We know it is best to have a separate support for the upper boat, but the H-17's are tough, and show no signs of fatigue, after thousands of miles.

Another tip on double stacking the H-17's. Put the wings on the lower boat, backwards, then load the upper boat. This keeps the boat from sliding off during loading. Then add the upper boat wings, also in backwards. This also allows the boats to be loaded, and off loaded by one person. Both masts are mounted on the front post on the trailer, just ahead of the front cross bars. The rear support is on the aft cross bar, upper boat.

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