Bent dinghy mount

[stevemitchell]

I have a Sea Wise davit system that I love. This year, my clumsy self fell against the bow of the dinghy while lifting it up (don't ask) and bent one of the stainless steel mounting arms.



Now the whole thing is slanted down towards the bow of the dinghy. This has made the whole thing off kilter, which means things don't fit right anymore. It's harder to get the bow arm onto the dinghy because it's been bent, and harder to get everything put away when hoisting things up because of the change.



From what I could see at the time, the bow mounting arm was the only thing that bent.



I tried to bend it back using my weight and some various line and counterweight nonsense, but I didn't want to make things worse.



I believe the area in the picture above that is mostly straight used to have a tiny curve in it.

This whole thing is beefy stainless steel, and of course custom made for this exact setup / boat. I have only every worked with stainless in terms of cutting it (always fun) and working with it at the basic levels.

I was hoping to un-bend what I've done, as I would imagine having a brand new one made would be very expensive, and probably require a lot of careful measurement to even make things better, if possible.

Thoughts on how to bend or fix this?

 

[Tolly Roger]

I think what you have there is a SeaWise post, winch and transom set up and WEAVER arc davits.
https://www.weaverindustries.com/index.cfm/product/74_6/weaver-front-arc-davit-system.htm
It's a bit of a hybrid.

If it were me, I would take the bent piece off and take it to a boat-top-canvas shop and ask them to try and bend it using their die set.

If that doesn't work try contacting Weaver and see if they have that available as a part.

 

[Comodave]

I would call Stuart at Seawise and see what he says. When we had a Seawise he was very helpful. And you must have hit it really hard to bend it because it is built really well and heavy duty.

 

[stevemitchell]

I would call Stuart at Seawise and see what he says. When we had a Seawise he was very helpful. And you must have hit it really hard to bend it because it is built really well and heavy duty.

Oh hey that’s a good idea. I don’t know why I didn’t think about that. I’ll contact him right now.

Uh it was my body weight so thanks