Hmm I have a small sailboat winch , it’s not self tailing and I’m not sure I could mount it without doing some welding on the davits. Do you think the one winch would be enough? Would it just need two blocks?can you rig a centered mounted winch and turning blocks?
then you don't need a purchase advantage and I find winches easier and smoother.
in the middle with the two leads in different directions will work coming up...but a non electric power both ways might not work.Hmm I have a small sailboat winch , it’s not self tailing and I’m not sure I could mount it without doing some welding on the davits. Do you think the one winch would be enough? Would it just need two blocks?
Ok this is driving me crazy . Why are these blocks twisting 90 degrees to each other ? I have swivels on each end . Do I need to remove one ? On the side that has the double block at the top the line wants to climb out of the sheave .
I’ve removed all the swivels and replace the lines with new. It works much better now but still too much of a lift for my wife and I . Looking to lighten the load now.I would take out the swivels and shackles and just bolt ( not too tight but tight enough ) the blocks to the Davits.
My .02 CAD
We don’t have a swim platform . What we have is working ok and even better since I removed all the swivels. I like the set up I just want to make sure that adding more sheaves is worth the bang for the buck.Consider weaver davits and only lifting the outboard side. But this only works on swim platform. And as Dan says: You could probably get away with 4 to 1 on the bow, and 6 to 1 on the outboard end. The weight is not exactly divided in half. It’s more like 1/3, 2/3.
Consider weaver davits and only lifting the outboard side. But this only works on swim platform. And as Dan says: You could probably get away with 4 to 1 on the bow, and 6 to 1 on the outboard end. The weight is not exactly divided in half. It’s more like 1/3, 2/3.
We don’t have a swim platform . What we have is working ok and even better since I removed all the swivels. I like the set up I just want to make sure that adding more sheaves is worth the bang for the buck.