Device for lifting an elongated object from a deck of a vessel subject to movements in a heave direction, the device comprising - the deck - rigid supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a first height relative to the deck; - retractable supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a second height relative to the deck, which second height is larger than the first height, wherein each of the retractable supports comprises a pair of posts positioned at opposite sides of a centerline of the object, and carrying a sling provided between the pair of posts for supporting the object; - a lifting crane configured to take up the object from the retractable supports at the second height by providing a suspension frame and slings, and hang the object in the slings; and - an actuator system configured to lower the retractable supports in the heave direction to a third height relative to the deck at an instant in time the object is lifted from the retractable supports, the third height being smaller than the second height, wherein - the rigid supports are provided to support end parts (3a, 3b) of the object, and the retractable supports are provided in positions between the rigid supports. - the deck - rigid supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a first height relative to the deck; - retractable supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a second height relative to the deck, which second height is larger than the first height, wherein each of the retractable supports comprises a pair of posts positioned at opposite sides of a centerline of the object, and carrying a sling provided between the pair of posts for supporting the object; - a lifting crane configured to take up the object from the retractable supports at the second height by providing a suspension frame and slings, and hang the object in the slings; and - an actuator system configured to lower the retractable supports in the heave direction to a third height relative to the deck at an instant in time the object is lifted from the retractable supports, the third height being smaller than the second height, wherein - the rigid supports are provided to support end parts (3a, 3b) of the object, and the retractable supports are provided in positions between the rigid supports. - rigid supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a first height relative to the deck; - retractable supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a second height relative to the deck, which second height is larger than the first height, wherein each of the retractable supports comprises a pair of posts positioned at opposite sides of a centerline of the object, and carrying a sling provided between the pair of posts for supporting the object; - a lifting crane configured to take up the object from the retractable supports at the second height by providing a suspension frame and slings, and hang the object in the slings; and - an actuator system configured to lower the retractable supports in the heave direction to a third height relative to the deck at an instant in time the object is lifted from the retractable supports, the third height being smaller than the second height, wherein - the rigid supports are provided to support end parts (3a, 3b) of the object, and the retractable supports are provided in positions between the rigid supports.