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Old 08-26-2016, 02:21 PM   #16
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City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
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Originally Posted by Dougcole View Post
As to the question of Hurley Davits, we have Trick Davits on our boat, very similar to Hurley. We have an 11' Carib Light with a 20hp Suzuki 4 stroke.

Pros: Very easy launch, I can have the dinghy in the water all by myself in less than 5 minutes. Pretty easy to load, but we have a big dink with a big motor, so I set up a 4 way ratchet block that attaches to the cockpit overhead and clips to the stern eye of the dinghy. It pulls up the heavy end of the boat, the bow can be pulled up by hand.

Cons. Not super heavily built. The arms mount on four starboard (?) plates that rotate when the dink slides onto them. They are very fragile, and if they break the entire arm assembly comes loose. I ended up having four replacement plates machined out of 5/8 inch aluminum. They are bomb proof now.

Also, the exhaust from the main engines blows all over the dinghy and gets it dirty.
Thanks for the review. I will look into the Trick davits and their similarity to the Hurleys
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