Peter B wrote:
Andy, how do you stop the dinghy jerking around in a seaway..? We had really solid alloy davits on our boat when we bought her, and the simple block arrangement on either davit was quite easy to use, but what I found hard was stopping it jerking back and forth, as the arrangement seems to work better with a rigid dinghy. I was not happy with this facet, even tho being able to leave the motor on and ready to go was convenient, so I was considering alternatives. In the end the decision to change to snap davit type arrangement was taken out of our hands when someone backed into the port davit and broke in two. I use a small, lightweight, air-cooled Honda 2.5 hp 4 stroke motor, so taking it off and remounting it is not really an issue, and the dink does sit much more securely on it's side on the platform. But if one could solve the side to side snatching of a suspended inflatable dinghy on a lifting davit that would still be the most convenient overall I think.