petdoc4u
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- Joined
- Jan 14, 2016
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- EXILE
- Vessel Make
- HANS CHRISTIAN TRAWLER
I have a Nautical Structures 600# capacity davit standpipe mounted on the boat deck. The davit is low profile which poses problems when lifting our RIB (10' Caribe with 20HP Honda) over the side rails; we have to push down on the bow of the RIB to enable the motor to clear the rail. I would like to raise the davit, perhaps 6-12 inches in order to eliminate this problem. One option would be to replace the standpipe with a longer (and possibly thicker sidewall) standpipe. I would prefer to "sleeve" the standpipe at the level of the boat deck by sliding an appropriate sized length of pipe over the standpipe followed by inserting a length of original size standpipe into the sleeve, then remounting the davit. I've spoken with Nautical Structures however due to liability issues they preferred not to comment. Has anyone done anything like this or have any advice? all suggestions are welcome. Thank you in advance.
-David
-David