Heron
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- Vessel Name
- Heron (2)
- Vessel Make
- '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Glued mine up yesterday....Stuck great afer some kneading and rolling..Not hard...Just follow the instructions to the letter. Due to the existing fittings on the boat, available Pad gluing area, small platform and fold down swim step on the starboard, I'll have to mount the davits assymetrically on the platform....Shouldn't affect function at all.
And after trying a fitting the other day without the pads glued on I found that my Swim platform is too low and too curved for the standard brackets I ordered. Made up some Riser/extenders out of some aluminum i-Beam I had on hand, Powdercoated them white (having that set-up in the garage is handy)...Now to line everything up, Mark the riser to platform holes and bolt it all together after the pads set-up. Almost ready to cruise!
Low platform mounting challenge!
And after trying a fitting the other day without the pads glued on I found that my Swim platform is too low and too curved for the standard brackets I ordered. Made up some Riser/extenders out of some aluminum i-Beam I had on hand, Powdercoated them white (having that set-up in the garage is handy)...Now to line everything up, Mark the riser to platform holes and bolt it all together after the pads set-up. Almost ready to cruise!
Low platform mounting challenge!
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