Saturday, April 17, 2010

Dinghy Davits

Summer Place came to us with a beautiful set of Ocean Marine lifting davits. Its a good setup for lightweight inflatables but not a happy marriage with a Livingston hard dinghy and 8hp outboard - my preferred setup.


Once the dinghy is raised as high as possible, its very difficult to stabilize as the davit is optimized for the tubes of the inflatable.

Rubbing salt on the wound, the length of the boat with the dinghy mounted on the davits, exceeds the allowed length for the 36ft. slip. That forces us into a 40 ft slip for an extra $40/month.

I have a nice set of davits for sale. Contact me if you're interested.
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  1. UnknownOctober 3, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    if you want something of more stable, you could use a solution with an additional rope around the hull as used in the dinghy davits of Femstrutture (see: http://www.femstrutture.com/products/FEM-Davits/Gru-Transom/Dinghy-Davits.html )

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  2. UnknownJuly 31, 2014 at 11:14 PM

    This is a great device! I found some more information on this website: http://www.nauticexpo.com/boat-manufacturer/davit-2464.html

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