michaf
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
I'm new here but it had been a while I wanted to post a tender solution I'm using on my Prestige 350 here in Australia. The problem I had was that I needed a tender that could take us far (5 nm) within a reef system off where we live. It would also have to be able to plane with 3p on board. The lightest console tender I could find was a Brig 300 with a Tohatsu 20 hp, with a wet weight of 180 kg. How would I put it on the platform? I looked for a while and of course any expensive hydraulic stuff, or crane was out of the question. So what I did was to get a 250 ATV winch fixed on the flybridge, and a tilt davit, total cost 1500$. It's been now 2 years that I'm using that setup and have had no issues whatsoever. Notice in the video a pad that's coming off from the dinghy, been meaning to glue it back for so long, anyway, too much to do on a boat! Maybe this can help a few... Here's the link:
http://youtu.be/m5dobIJks_o
PS: I also wanted to add that it's great as a life raft, I've got a knifer in the tender seat, all I need to do is cut 3 straps and dump it in the water.
I'm new here but it had been a while I wanted to post a tender solution I'm using on my Prestige 350 here in Australia. The problem I had was that I needed a tender that could take us far (5 nm) within a reef system off where we live. It would also have to be able to plane with 3p on board. The lightest console tender I could find was a Brig 300 with a Tohatsu 20 hp, with a wet weight of 180 kg. How would I put it on the platform? I looked for a while and of course any expensive hydraulic stuff, or crane was out of the question. So what I did was to get a 250 ATV winch fixed on the flybridge, and a tilt davit, total cost 1500$. It's been now 2 years that I'm using that setup and have had no issues whatsoever. Notice in the video a pad that's coming off from the dinghy, been meaning to glue it back for so long, anyway, too much to do on a boat! Maybe this can help a few... Here's the link:
http://youtu.be/m5dobIJks_o
PS: I also wanted to add that it's great as a life raft, I've got a knifer in the tender seat, all I need to do is cut 3 straps and dump it in the water.