Lifting the tender aboard

[Stemar]

I've always towed my dinghy, because there simply wasn't room on deck, but Jazzcat has a huge foredeck, so lifting it aboaerd seems logical. I have a spare halliard at the masthead and a whisker pole that should be long enough to act as a jib, but I now need to work out how to attach the dinghy. It's a 2.3m Ecel, with an 18kg outboard, which is why I can't really just heave it aboard. At the bow, there is a pair of towing eyes, so a simple bridle would take care of that, but there's nothing at the stern where all the weight is.

What do others do? Eyebolts through the transom spring to mind, but is there a better way?

 

[onesea]

Just an idea but holes through transoms with soft shackles to clip onto?
Then you have no eye bolts to damage dinghy when rolled.

 

[Stemar]

Good idea, which sparked this one: just push the ends of a bridle through the holes and add stopper knots.

That'll be a bring the flubber home job, though, as I'll need seal the holes with epoxy

 

[Minerva]

Take the outboard off, stick it on the stern rail.
Halyard snap shackle to tender eye ring, hoist up and onto foredeck.

 

[onesea]

Good idea, which sparked this one: just push the ends of a bridle through the holes and add stopper knots.

That'll be a bring the flubber home job, though, as I'll need seal the holes with epoxy

If you made a bridle with eyes spliced in the end and toggle wedge to go through eyes, then you can set to lift at right angle every time..

 

[Graham376]

I drilled and fitted a couple of eye bolts to the transom with a bridle between them. No need to epoxy, just use any old silicone and washers either side.

 

[dunedin]

I drilled and fitted a couple of eye bolts to the transom with a bridle between them. No need to epoxy, just use any old silicone and washers either side.

That's what we have, simple and strong.

But with a cat can you fit davits at the stern, as that might be the ideal solution. And no fiddling on and off with the outboard as well. Plus it makes the perfect place to stow fenders.

 

[Roberto]

I made two holes in the transom and fed + spliced a length of dyneema between the two, with a thimble in the middle.
Just remember to bring it inboard before fitting the outboard

 

[Neeves]

I lift our outboard off, by hand, but could use the boom. As I mentioned on another thread - I extended our transoms so that the lowest step in now 1m long - for just this reason and somewhere to safely land tuna, and cases of wine. I can unbolt the O'B from the tender and put it on the transom step - one swift movement. We have a bracket in one aft engine bay to which the engine can be secured. We have davits and lift the tender using them but I have lifted the tender with the spinnaker halyard to the foredeck. We use a Foldabote and on long passages we disassemble and lash the folded hull to the stanchions, the seats and transom we pack in an aft cabin

Most transom steps, on multis, are simply too small to be really useful. Good enough to step onto - but not much more.

We remove the O/B from the tender as left on the tender simply increases the weight in the wrong place. The closer you can get weight to the 'middle' - it all helps.

Weight, or lack of weight, plus sensible distribution of weight should be attacked with religious fervour - it then becomes second nature.

We also lash the tender once hoisted so that it cannot move - at all.

You lash your anchor - why not your tender.....???

Jonathan

 

[LadyInBed]

This Q was asked quite recently.
I take engine off at the stern and put it on a bracket on the pushpit, walk the dinghy forward and hoist it up by the spare halyard attached to the painter, assume yours is also an inflatable.

 

[Hermit]

As an owner of a new (to me) boat with davits - its davits all the way. Just makes life so much easier.

And look at these...

Steel reinforced wooden davits

 

[Stemar]

As an owner of a new (to me) boat with davits - its davits all the way. Just makes life so much easier.

And look at these...

Steel reinforced wooden davits

They're neat - I reckon I could make a set of them for not a lot. I think I've got enough oak. Any reason not to use it?

 

[CapPugwash]

Take the outboard off, stick it on the stern rail.
Halyard snap shackle to tender eye ring, hoist up and onto foredeck.

This is what i do, using my winch at the mast