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I'm 6ft 3" ... I have to keep to the radar arch side if walking along the transom, but it's fine for normal height people.
Dinghy on snap davits
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I'm 6ft 3" ... I have to keep to the radar arch side if walking along the transom, but it's fine for normal height people.
petem
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OK, so tender and outboard now purchased. Next newbie questions....
1) I guess I need to buy some snap davit pads and also some 'stand-off' pads. Do I need to get original Weaver ones at a rather eye watering £100 a set (excl standoffs)?
2) I have no experience of outboard motors. Is it better to have a separate fuel tank? If so, I assume I need to buy some kind of fuel pipe as well as the tank? Note that the outboard may be lying in its side sometimes.
3) Anything else?
Pete
1) I guess I need to buy some snap davit pads and also some 'stand-off' pads. Do I need to get original Weaver ones at a rather eye watering £100 a set (excl standoffs)?
2) I have no experience of outboard motors. Is it better to have a separate fuel tank? If so, I assume I need to buy some kind of fuel pipe as well as the tank? Note that the outboard may be lying in its side sometimes.
3) Anything else?
Pete
CLOUD9
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Getting to the beach bars for lunch is very much part of the fun for us. Still only our second season in the Med, and only really have experience of the calas around Cala d'Or, but depending on the time of year and who we have on board, we do this;
In high season we drop off the crew on the beach with a beach bag and have to take the tender back out beyond the 'boat channel' where I drop the anchor. I then swim back in. The only time this has come unstuck was when I couldn't swim in due to a lot of jelly-fish.
If boating outside of high season when the swimming buoys have been removed it should be possible to pull a tender onto the beach or at least to anchor closer to the beach.
We find the least hassle and most fun of all is to swim in from the mother ship if possible. I carry any towels/clothes etc in a 'Overboard' waterproof back-pack. We also carry a Seadoo RS3 sea scooter thing for any on board who are not the strongest of swimmers. This has worked well and makes lunch quite an adventure.
There are no 'pick-up' services running in the local Calas here.
rafiki_
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Can't add anything on the pads, as I had Weavers on mine. As long as the metal buckles fit, then the pad only has to support these. Worth checking for UV degradation as these can discolour very quickly in the sun.
You should get about 1 hour running from the o/b onboard tank. Any more running will need a remote tank. Our 6hp Yammy sips fuel, and petrol goes off very quickly in the heat. I would be tempted to stick with the on board tank. One less thing to store and worry about.
Boat2016
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There’s an alternative to the Weavers, talk to IBS they are helpful, their parts are compatible with Weaver
www.ibsparts.co.uk
www.ibsparts.co.uk
petem
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Eeek, just realised the Weaver Snap Davit pads are £100 EACH. Jeez.
petem
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Thanks P but don't you need a plastic can to fill the outboard from? This could be one of those items that can be stored in the bathing platform locker I suppose.
rafiki_
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Yep. How about storing in the anchor locker?
bluetooth
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Pete
This is what I did on my old T34
As been said above I glued davits onto tender to keep it port side and free access to s/b gate.
I got davits from Force 4 for about £80 the set if I recall
I used a rope from arch to hold tender vertical so you could walk underneath when docking but when cruising pulled it in and tied down to stop being blown around
I had a SS bracket made up to hold life raft and also had outboard bracket attached to this for the engine. I used the stern stowage cupboard for spares and cleaning products.
brainard133
New Member
Not a Fairline, sorry, but after some head scratching, I have just completed mounting the tender on the stern of FP, using "Snap-Up" davits and long extension arms.
Tender is a Zodiac Cadet Airdeck - they are available in different sizes.
I didn't want the hassle of inflating/deflating, so instead I focused on keeping the bathing platform accessible even with the tender on-board.
This is a nice set up. What size dinghy do you have?
We've just bought an SC35 with Weaver snap davits mounted on the transom and I am trying to decide whether to buy the pads which as Pete says are not cheap or whether to keep the tender deflated. We're on the Solent and will not be using it too regularly.
What made you go for the snap up davits? Do you think it gives discernibly more space on the swim platform?
petem
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Thanks BT. It doesn't look like Force4 sell the pads only. Even the fakey ones are £150 a pair.
Is that a 2.4m tender?
Anyhow, if you add the pads, does it make the dinghy harder to roll up?
Sailorsam101
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Take your time when putting the pads on. I did it last summer on a new dinghy. Get decent 2 pack glue and do it right.
Getting the pad location is important as you need a part of the dinghy that can be laid perfectly flat for gluing and that are far enough apart to give stability when on the poles.
Snap davits are great and make life so much easier....we just undo one pole or the other depending upon which side we are mooring to...very easy as one pole will hold it up for short periods.
Getting the pad location is important as you need a part of the dinghy that can be laid perfectly flat for gluing and that are far enough apart to give stability when on the poles.
Snap davits are great and make life so much easier....we just undo one pole or the other depending upon which side we are mooring to...very easy as one pole will hold it up for short periods.