Mel Knott Sandpiper West Indian 362 Wrote... >The previous owner of my trawler left behind the bails on the swim >platform that he used to flip his hard dink and carry there. I could >buy the parts I need and use those for the RIB but then I've got to deal >with taking that big outboard off and on each time and storing it. I may be missing something but why take the engine off?? I have the Weaver Snap Davits of appropriate size and of course the Carolina Skiff is well built, so I just hoist it up and go when necessary. Though I tow it mostly. Morley M/T Tortuga

At 10:18 PM 1/25/99 -0500, you wrote: >Mel Knott >Sandpiper >West Indian 362 Wrote... > >>The previous owner of my trawler left behind the bails on the swim >>platform that he used to flip his hard dink and carry there. I could >>buy the parts I need and use those for the RIB but then I've got to deal >>with taking that big outboard off and on each time and storing it. > > >============================================================= I have a 12' whaler and 15hp motor snapped on the transom and use a 4 part tackle to tilt the boat up and if you do not allow the the boat to go more than half way you will not have a problem with the water running back into the engine. I have carried my dink like this for 28 years. One nice feature is fast and easy up and down which means you will use the dink much more for short runs compared to those with davits or that store on deck. I know from past experience having stored both ways AL Captain Al Pilvinis M/V Driftwood--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email - CaptainAl@Juno.com Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain