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Easy Lift for Outboards

• By Mark Pillsbury
• Updated: June 5, 2014

Easy-Lift, a British marine company, offers a line of simple-to-use hoists for lowering and raising outboard motors to an inflatable or other dinghy. The simplest of its products consists of a single davit and four-part block and tackle. The foot of the davit is attached to the base of a lifeline stanchion; the block and line runs from the top of the davit to the stern rail. Easy-Lift also offers a U-shaped davit that includes an outboard storage bracket. Models start at $270.

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Dinghy davit users.....the outboard?

• Thread starter AXEL
• Start date Apr 26, 2013
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I'm installing a set of St Croix davits on my C30 this season. It will be supporting my Achilles 9.5 (aluminum floor) dink. Prior to the davits I stored the 6 hp Johnson on the stern rail. Now I'm wondering what my options are with the dink in the way. I could tilt the outboard up on the stern rail. It would look a little funky but it should allow clearance for me to pull up the dink. I could also leave the engine on the dink. I'm not keen on hanging the outboard off the side of the stern rail. I'm afraid of catching a piling while docking. What do you davit users prefer?  

Axel While I do not have davis on my boat, three of our friends do and they keep the engine on their dinghies while on the davits. Engines range from 6 hp to 9.9. Matt  

Some put the outboard on the stern rail and mount it on the dinghy before dropping. Others keep them on the dinghy all the time. Something to consider. Many of us cross the Gulf of Mexico from Carrabelle to Tampa. It can get snotty really fast offshore. Many people that keep their dinghys on davits put them on the forward deck tied down for the crossing. On boats our size the swells and waves can slap the dinghy around when it gets really rough. You do not want to have to try and secure it when all that is going on. Coastal Cruising rarely presents a problem. If you do some lengthy crossings, you may want to consider some alternatives than having it in the davits..  

Thanks for the comments. I will have to see how well the boat sails with the dink on the davits. But that's not an issue. I don't mind towing it. Although I prefer not to tow with the engine on. Right now I am more concerned about what to do with the engine while the dink is docked during the week while I'm not using the boat. I'm thinking either way I'm going to have a bit of a conflict. Storing the engine on the dink is easy work however as mentioned I don't like to tow with the engine on. Taking the engine off and towing every time I go out will be a pain. If the boat sails well in most conditions (in the bay) with the dink and engine on the davits that would be the best scenario. Just not sure it's gonna happen.  

Davits I have Ocean davits on my H-36 with a 9'6'' aluminum floor and 8hp motor and always leave the motor on with 6-1 on the motor side aand 4-1 on front,but my Ocean davits have a double bar support that keeps the davits from moving and when traveling I add support lines to keep the dink tight up against the davits and no swinging. Ocean install manual said not not to make the davit arms perfectly parallel with each other and let the arms either point inward or outward for better stronger lifting and support. Nick  

Seadaddler, that’s a good idea adding the extra 6-1 on the motor side, thanks. I just bought a stabilizer bar. Only yesterday I was looking at some photos on-line and saw some guys using 2 bars. I may add the second bar, it looks like a good idea as well. I haven't mounted the davits yet. I will do some research about pointing them in or out for the extra lifting and support. What’s the theory behind that (pointing them in or away)? Also, my dink has the aluminum floor as well. Where do you hook onto the dink? I know I can put hardware on the transom, but what about the bow? Is one line on the towing cleat ok?  

AXEL said: Thanks for the comments. I will have to see how well the boat sails with the dink on the davits. But that's not an issue. I don't mind towing it. Although I prefer not to tow with the engine on. Right now I am more concerned about what to do with the engine while the dink is docked during the week while I'm not using the boat. I'm thinking either way I'm going to have a bit of a conflict. Storing the engine on the dink is easy work however as mentioned I don't like to tow with the engine on. Taking the engine off and towing every time I go out will be a pain. If the boat sails well in most conditions (in the bay) with the dink and engine on the davits that would be the best scenario. Just not sure it's gonna happen. Click to expand

Definatly go 6:1 on both ends, with cam cleats. MUCH better. My back is worth more than the engine. I wouldn't take it off on the davits, never have. http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2009/06/hoisting-dingy-with-engine-in-place-can.html ___ That said, my boat is a cat and the dingy rides better on the davits (high and between the hulls) that it does on the deck; if it needs to come off the davits, it's going to need to be below.  

Nick, thanks again for the heads up about the Ocean davits. I went to their website and they have excellent PDF installation instructions. Good info thanks again! Centerline, my dink seems to tow with the bow up way high when the engine is on. Yes I do tilt (the engine) up. The dink instructions say not to tow with the engine on (for whatever reason). Sometimes in rough, windy conditions it looks like it's gonna flip with the bow up so high in the wind and waves.  

centerline said: what is it that you dont like about leaving the motor on it when towing it?..... Click to expand

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Post lots of pictures when done some of us are thinking of tdoing the same thing  

Lost Parent said: Post lots of pictures when done some of us are thinking of tdoing the same thing Click to expand

AXEL said: There are challenges to how to fit a cover on over the slings. Click to expand

AXEL said: I'm installing a set of St Croix davits on my C30 this season. It will be supporting my Achilles 9.5 (aluminum floor) dink. Prior to the davits I stored the 6 hp Johnson on the stern rail. Now I'm wondering what my options are with the dink in the way. I could tilt the outboard up on the stern rail. It would look a little funky but it should allow clearance for me to pull up the dink. I could also leave the engine on the dink. I'm not keen on hanging the outboard off the side of the stern rail. I'm afraid of catching a piling while docking. What do you davit users prefer? Click to expand

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Thanks Tom, wow the stern of your C31 looks completely different from my old '77 C30.  

G, you should check out Barry's davit set up and talk with him.....I helped with the davit installation and it was pretty easy and I believe he keeps his outboard on the dink at all times RAD  

Davits & Dink I have a set of Kato with a spreader bar that puts the ends of the davits outboard. A lot of the time I leave the motor mounted on the dink and hoist it up (6:1 on both sides) and tie the dink off so it won't move. It rides solid the way I tie it off. Sometimes, I will pull the motor and leave it mounted on the motor mount on the rail and tie off the dink, depends on how I feel. The only way I tow it is for a very short distance like if I am moving to a different anchorage 15 or 20 minutes away.  

Floor I drilled and used riverts to anchor stainlees loops on the aluinum floor and made proper length cable from WM for attaching the 4-1 hooks to the bow for lifting the dink and never really tow any more. The dink with motor and gas tank is 24/7 on the davits. Nick  

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Since my wife and I have a rule (well, a soft rule) that everything on the boat should have at least two uses, we found that The perfect solution for my boat  

Since my wife and I have a rule (well, a soft rule), that everything on the boat should have at least two uses, we found that having a swing up transom mount for the outboard is the perfect answer. It gives us a place to store the dinghy motor, is an easy place to lift it from to put on the dinghy, and gives us the option to use it as a standby motor if the main engine won't start.  

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