Davits w/out aft boarding ladder?

Trim50 · 20-02-2008, 17:11

I have been pondering this for a few months now and was wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. I want to install davits for my tender, however the stern of my boat doesn't lend itself to aft boarding ladder. If I don't have an aft boarding ladder, how does one attach and detach the tender from the davits????

S/V Illusion · 20-02-2008, 17:15

you mean other than to walk it around?

Trim50 · 20-02-2008, 17:22

Well, at 4:1 on the blocks, it is going to take huge amounts of line to walk it around...maybe that is what is necessary...hope not.

I was wondering if somebody had a niffty solution that I've never seen.

SanSailer · 21-02-2008, 12:04

What about one of those mooring hooks that fit on the end of a boat hook? A quick google search came up with this one: though there are several more out there like it.
JC-48750 JOHNSON GRAB IN GO MOORING HOOK
I've never done it but I would think you could walk the dingy back then have one of these hooks on each of your davit lines.

Trim50 · 21-02-2008, 12:30

EXACTLY! That is what I'm looking for! Thank you.

Seems like this would come in handy for many things.

I'm still trying to figure out how the release mechanism works.

Mike Banks · 21-02-2008, 14:14

A simple method is to tie the dinghy rings to the blocks via a long lanyard which has an eye splice in one end of it. A tucked sheet bend secures a loop from the eye splice through the dinghy loop ond the block. When the dinghy is lowered in to the water, you give the lanyard a tug and the sheet bend opens allowing the block to dinghy ring tether to come adrift. One then pulls the boat around to the boarding platform or wherever by a painter which is tied off to the taffrail before the vessel is hoisted.

One can also buy hinged shackles with a pull-release mechanism--but I hate spending beer money--

20-02-2008, 17:11	#1
Trim50 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Long Beach Shoreline Marina Boat: Del Rey 50 Cutter S/V Trim Posts: 304 Images: 23	Davits w/out aft boarding ladder? I have been pondering this for a few months now and was wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. I want to install davits for my tender, however the stern of my boat doesn't lend itself to aft boarding ladder. If I don't have an aft boarding ladder, how does one attach and detach the tender from the davits???? __________________ "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" – Jimmy Buffett "You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you" - Pink Floyd Trim Blog

20-02-2008, 17:22	#3
Trim50 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Long Beach Shoreline Marina Boat: Del Rey 50 Cutter S/V Trim Posts: 304 Images: 23	Well, at 4:1 on the blocks, it is going to take huge amounts of line to walk it around...maybe that is what is necessary...hope not. I was wondering if somebody had a niffty solution that I've never seen. __________________ "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" – Jimmy Buffett "You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you" - Pink Floyd Trim Blog

21-02-2008, 12:30	#5
Trim50 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Long Beach Shoreline Marina Boat: Del Rey 50 Cutter S/V Trim Posts: 304 Images: 23	EXACTLY! That is what I'm looking for! Thank you. Seems like this would come in handy for many things. I'm still trying to figure out how the release mechanism works. __________________ "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" – Jimmy Buffett "You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you" - Pink Floyd Trim Blog Last edited by Trim50; 21-02-2008 at 12:38.

21-02-2008, 14:14	#6
Mike Banks Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Boat: Piver Loadstar 12.5 metres Posts: 172	A simple method is to tie the dinghy rings to the blocks via a long lanyard which has an eye splice in one end of it. A tucked sheet bend secures a loop from the eye splice through the dinghy loop ond the block. When the dinghy is lowered in to the water, you give the lanyard a tug and the sheet bend opens allowing the block to dinghy ring tether to come adrift. One then pulls the boat around to the boarding platform or wherever by a painter which is tied off to the taffrail before the vessel is hoisted. One can also buy hinged shackles with a pull-release mechanism--but I hate spending beer money-- Last edited by Mike Banks; 21-02-2008 at 14:25.

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20-02-2008, 17:15	#2
S/V Illusion Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Narragansett Bay, RI Posts: 181	you mean other than to walk it around?

21-02-2008, 12:04	#4
SanSailer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 13	What about one of those mooring hooks that fit on the end of a boat hook? A quick google search came up with this one: though there are several more out there like it. JC-48750 JOHNSON GRAB IN GO MOORING HOOK I've never done it but I would think you could walk the dingy back then have one of these hooks on each of your davit lines.

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