Do most davit systems lift both ends simultaneously?
Larry if you have your old 4 to 1 purchase and want to sell them let know .My Kato davits came with a 4 to 1 block setup, but I changed them out for twin 900 lb hand winches and single line 5400 lb Amsteel gray. Now the Admiral can handle them solo, and the are now a part of our MOB system as well.
Larry if you have your old 4 to 1 purchase and want to sell them let know .
Two weeks to late, Marty. I traded them to the welder for some work on my swim platform brackets. He's using them to lift his custom jacuzzi cover. Anyway, here's a shot of my davits before and after I installed the hand winches on them. The Amsteel rope is wound on the winch so it comes off the drum on the side closest to the davit, so the torque of the winch is clockwise as you see it in the photo. This reduces the levered stress on both the winch and the davit. It's hard to get used to that skinny single line and I keep doubting the strength, but it's 20 times the capacity needed for my dinghy/motor setup.
Where's the porta potty??!?
Oh, yeah. That photo was taken before the installation. Since then, however, you may recall that I installed this trawling net in the same position so no one could say that I didn't have a trawler. It could be dispatched at any moment, thereby, trawling.
Dang it . If you can tell anything from my pic do you think my davit idea will work ?Two weeks to late, Marty. I traded them to the welder for some work on my swim platform brackets. He's using them to lift his custom jacuzzi cover. Anyway, here's a shot of my davits before and after I installed the hand winches on them. The Amsteel rope is wound on the winch so it comes off the drum on the side closest to the davit, so the torque of the winch is clockwise as you see it in the photo. This reduces the levered stress on both the winch and the davit. It's hard to get used to that skinny single line and I keep doubting the strength, but it's 20 times the capacity needed for my dinghy/motor setup.
Dang it . If you can tell anything from my pic do you think my davit idea will work ?
If you are manually hoisting the dinghy with davits off of transom what kind of block system are you using ?