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Old 03-03-2019, 07:20 AM   #20
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cardude01,

It's hard to offer ideas without knowing the geometry of how your hoist works and where you put the dink, but Ted's idea of just lifting it high enough to be little risk of theft, securing it and be able to easily drop it the next day.

Heck, you'll want it out of the water regardless when you can.

Another thought about thieves..... I could argue a goal to scare them away with some sort of motion sensor with lights and noise rather than confronting them. I'd bet dinghy thieves would scare off easily. Now thieves that want your boat, different story.

FWIW, I lift mine (similar weight as yours) with two St. Croix davits that extend back from the aft flybridge. Can lift it out of the water just above the swim platform for easy launch the next day, run it up higher abeam the top of the transom, or hoist it all the way up to the flybridge, freeing up the swim platform. Even the lowest lift with a cable lock would deter thieves.
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