ranger58sb
Guru
We carry our dinghy on a mount/davit system bolted to the swim platform. The swim platform is attached to the boat in the normal way, but we also added the additional transom bracing to the mount itself to increase the weight rating well beyond the actual weight our dink. That additional bracing wouldn't work with a hydraulic (movable) swim platform, though.
The nature of the mount system raises the dinghy several inches higher than the swim platform, and that helps... but I think I'll raise it another couple inches next time I need to service that part of the system.
Anyway, what I was going to add is that our tie-down system is sacrificial, on purpose. Two swipes with the boat knife, and the dingy is free to move about the country.
Overall, I'd rate the stern carry as OK, recognizing there can be issues with it. Coming down off plane, and crossing stern lines, are the two most common in our case. Weather and especially following seas would be a big deal, although we usually have the freedom to wait it out or change directions... and we're usually inland anyway... so that hasn't actually bit is on the a$$ yet.
We just don't have lots of choices with this particular boat. (Foredeck carry would block our escape hatch, and hose up the view forward, too.)
-Chris
The nature of the mount system raises the dinghy several inches higher than the swim platform, and that helps... but I think I'll raise it another couple inches next time I need to service that part of the system.
Anyway, what I was going to add is that our tie-down system is sacrificial, on purpose. Two swipes with the boat knife, and the dingy is free to move about the country.
Overall, I'd rate the stern carry as OK, recognizing there can be issues with it. Coming down off plane, and crossing stern lines, are the two most common in our case. Weather and especially following seas would be a big deal, although we usually have the freedom to wait it out or change directions... and we're usually inland anyway... so that hasn't actually bit is on the a$$ yet.
We just don't have lots of choices with this particular boat. (Foredeck carry would block our escape hatch, and hose up the view forward, too.)
-Chris