Jake said:
Nothing fancy on the chocks. They're a piece of rubbery foam that are square on the bottom, about 4 inches tall, and have a semi-circle cut-out top to match the shape of the hull. A bunjie pierces the rubber on each side, exits at the bottom on each side, and is tied in a figure eight. Nothing really fancy. They strap on the sterns over the rudder arms to keep the sterns from touching the ground.
Thanks for the detail.
Sounds like a no big deal thing to put together... but for me finding a square block of "rubbery foam" about 4" to 8" tall has not been easy.
Happened to see a pic (fuzzy pic) of a Viper on a beach with a set of tall, square yellow chocks that looked like soft foam of some sort, shaped to fit the hulls with cloth or canvas flaps on the side, top edges with eyelets for the rope tying them to the rear crossbeam.
It was a nice design.
Surprised that catsailor or Hobie or Murrays or whomever doesn't market chocks made of polyform -- like the fenders that you see hung over the side of docked boats.
The purpose of which is to avoid the
"bottom job".
My motivation for chocks is simply to have a way to rig and yank the boat off the trailer and get into the water in 15 minutes flat or less without aggravation. Kinda like a NASCAR tire change.
