| solentphill |
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| 05/05/2008 17:50 |
can anyone recommend good davits
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I decided today to put a set of davits on the boat, and looking about there are a few differant ones.
I like the one where your boat is horizontal but feel the engine on the tender may flap about.
So I will have to go for the one that sits sideways.
Thanks
| Nick_H |
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| 05/05/2008 18:04 |
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Depends how big and heavy the tender is. The main choice is between twin arm davits and snap davits. Twin arm davits range in price from a few hundered quid (Plastimo), to a few thousand quid (Whitall, Simpson). Snap davits seem to be a couple of hundred quid all in, and theres some nifty new ones where you leave the outboard attached and it keep it the right way up. There's also a sort of tilting frame version that you slide up and on to the transom.
| solentphill |
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| 05/05/2008 18:17 |
Re: can anyone recommend good davits
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The details are as follows
Overall length: 270
Overall beam: 153
Tube diameter: 42.5
Packing size: 112 x 60 x 33
Net weight (kg): 34
Max Hp/Max engine dry weight: 8Hp / 46kg
Passenger Capacity: 3 / 1 (adult / child)
Chambers: 3 + Floor (2)
Floor: DWF
Category: C
Thanks
| Nick_H |
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| 05/05/2008 18:33 |
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Re: can anyone recommend good davits
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well I don't know the size of your main boat, but if its big enough i'd go for the Plastimo twin arm davits and keep the outboard light, a 6hp 4 stroke at 25 kgs sounds spot on. Alternatively the snap davits that keeps the outboard attached. My answers are swayed by the fact that I hate putting the outboard on and off with the tender in the water.
| solentphill |
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| 06/05/2008 08:54 |
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its the snap ones Im after
| Blackfeather |
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| 06/05/2008 09:01 |
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How does the snap davits and keeping the outbaord on work then. Does the outbard stay vertical?
Reading the previous posts got me thinking that a sort of swivel mechanism on the dinghy transom would be neat. Have I just invented something?
| landlockedpirate |
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| 06/05/2008 10:42 |
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You can already get a swivel for the transom,its been on the forum a couple of times
| Nick_H |
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| 06/05/2008 16:15 |
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the transom swivel is exactly how it works, so i'm afraid someone else invented it first
| KevB |
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| 06/05/2008 16:21 |
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Quote:
the transom swivel is exactly how it works, so i'm afraid someone else invented it first
Nice idea. Any web links?
| whisper |
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| 07/05/2008 21:26 |
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Try the Lodestar website - I think they sell something similar. They also sell a cheaper and possibly better system of dinghy "davit".
| landlockedpirate |
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| 07/05/2008 21:51 |
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Here just in case you didnt get it off the other post.