jimL
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2015
- Messages
- 358
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Lemon Drops
- Vessel Make
- 2001 Grand Banks Europa 52
Hi all,
We have a 2005 Mainship 430 aft cabin trawler. We’re looking at hard bottom dinghy options. While we have an idea of the type of dinghy we want, I am more interested to see how others with the MS 430 Trawler have accommodated their dinghy and what manual (non electric) davits they used.
We’re thinking of a dinghy that weighs around 400 pounds w/ motor. Does anyone have a dinghy on their transom that weighs this much? What is your davits system and have you seen any indicators of stress on the transom? We are thinking of a manual davit system.
I am interested to see if others have had any stress issues (transom or swim platform supports) with putting a dinghy of this size on their swim platform? Did you need to beef up the original under platform brackets?
What did you do to limit the lateral movement?
Thanks,
JimL
We have a 2005 Mainship 430 aft cabin trawler. We’re looking at hard bottom dinghy options. While we have an idea of the type of dinghy we want, I am more interested to see how others with the MS 430 Trawler have accommodated their dinghy and what manual (non electric) davits they used.
We’re thinking of a dinghy that weighs around 400 pounds w/ motor. Does anyone have a dinghy on their transom that weighs this much? What is your davits system and have you seen any indicators of stress on the transom? We are thinking of a manual davit system.
I am interested to see if others have had any stress issues (transom or swim platform supports) with putting a dinghy of this size on their swim platform? Did you need to beef up the original under platform brackets?
What did you do to limit the lateral movement?
Thanks,
JimL
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