Outboard slings.

[tom_sail]

Has any one used one? I'm already tied of the hard dinghy leaving black marks on the top sides.

I thought a sling may help lift the outboard while I keep the dinghy along side well fendered.

If You can convince me I'll make sure I purchase one from salty John.

As always thanks!

 

[TQA]

Yup as I have a Tohatsu 18 hp and it lives on the pushpit on passage I use a Davis caddy and a handy billy to lift it onboard.

Mind you half an hour with some 6 mm rope would produce a caddy.

 

[Robin]

I bought a dog harness from In Excess for £1-50 which made an excellent fit on our Honda 2hp. Little handy billy then with a snaphook on the free end to the ring on the harness (top dead centre) and the other end fixed on the goal posts and handling the motor was easy peasy.

 

[dewent]

Hanging From What?

Sounds a good idea to me. Our 7hp outboard lives on the stern rail. I always breath a sigh of relief when I have managed to get it on the dingy without dropping it, me or both in the sea! But without a goal post I'd need a sky hook to hang the handy billy from. Any suggestions?

 

[tom_sail]

Sounds a good idea to me. Our 7hp outboard lives on the stern rail. I always breath a sigh of relief when I have managed to get it on the dingy without dropping it, me or both in the sea! But without a goal post I'd need a sky hook to hang the handy billy from. Any suggestions?

I was thinking about using the end of the boom as a crane arm? With a handy Billy attached to the end or even use the main haliyard through an eye?

 

[Salty John]

Sounds a good idea to me. Our 7hp outboard lives on the stern rail. I always breath a sigh of relief when I have managed to get it on the dingy without dropping it, me or both in the sea! But without a goal post I'd need a sky hook to hang the handy billy from. Any suggestions?

You can make your own cargo hoist like this. I think they are really useful on a boat.
http://saltyjohn.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/outboard-motor-cargo-hoist.html

 

[dewent]

On our boat the end of the boom must be about 2m short of the stern. If I were to bring the dingy to the side of the boat I'd be concerned about the boom swinging about if I used it as a crane and there was a bit of a swell.

 

[duncan99210]

I've made a simple hoist that looks like the one on the saltyjohn blog but used cut bits of stainless tube rather than a bent one, as I don't have access to a tube bending machine. Expensive bit was the fittings to hold the 'jib' at right angles to the upright. Works well and should help keep my back in one piece this summer!

Oh, and I made a 'harness' for the outboard out of some scrap webbing I had about the place. A carabineer to join it to the handy billy is all I now need to complete the project.

 

[Appleyard]

Here's one I made earlier

The sling is made from 6 mm offcut,the bent tube salvaged from an abandoned boat ,the other bits & pieces from the junk box. Total cost about a fiver.

And sorry about the sideways piccie!

 

[tom_sail]

The sling is made from 6 mm offcut,the bent tube salvaged from an abandoned boat ,the other bits & pieces from the junk box. Total cost about a fiver.

And sorry about the sideways piccie!

That's great! I'll try and make a rope sling and use the boom end, if it goes pair shape I'll see if I can make a better device!

 

[Ludd]

That's great! I'll try and make a rope sling and use the boom end, if it goes pair shape I'll see if I can make a better device!

Remember to fit a preventer on the boom.

 

[tom_sail]

Remember to fit a preventer on the boom.

Ahh yes it would more ideal to lift the outboard midships, into the cockpit and then hand lower onto the transom bracket.

The problem at the moment is I line the transom of the dinghy inline with the bracket on the yacht and then the dinghy decides to eat the transom/chine of the boat when it's choppy, even when well fendered.

 

[Cerisebleu]

Outboard Hoist

I've just bought a hoist which was in PBO new products this month, it's reallly simple to use, which may answer some of the issues in this conversation. It's on www.outboardhoist.co.uk if anyone is interested. Cheers

 

[BAtoo]

Used to use a handy billy off the end of the boom. Got quite slick at it - - dinghy tied amidships, clip billy on; boom out; hook OB on; haul up ( get the reeving right to haul from the top); swing in (tipping OB over guard rail), swing inboard; open locker; drop into locker & onto its mount. Go forward & sort dinghy.

 

[Burnham Bob]

I've just returned an outboard sling to Force 4 as the kit supplied didn't match the instructions so was impossible to fit. (I'm sure they'll send me a proper version soon!)

My idea was to use the sling with a block attached to the bottom of the outboard mount that is attached to the pushpit - its basically just a chunk of solid wood with bolts ataching it to the rail and the outboard fts just as it would on the dinghy transom.

The idea was to run a line from the block to the sling whilst the outbaord was on the mount, take the line back from the block to a cockpit sheet winch and then lower the engine manually for a foot until the line was tight. SWMBO can then lower away to me in the dinghy using the winch. I have an old camping sleeping mat that I can use as a buffer against the transom as the outboard goes down.

Great plan but will have to wait until Force 4 send me a sling that actually looks like the one on the website. (Again I'm sure they will - good company no previous problems.)

 

[Lakesailor]

I've just bought a hoist which was in PBO new products this month, it's reallly simple to use, which may answer some of the issues in this conversation. It's on www.outboardhoist.co.uk if anyone is interested. Cheers

I'd like to see a video of that. I don't see it will lift the motor high enough to drop onto a pad on the pushpit.

 

[rob2]

I don't see it will lift the motor high enough to drop onto a pad on the pushpit.

My thoughts exactly. It runs out of mechanical advantage as it lifts and cannot be pulled upright, unless a strong point can be found at the same height as the pole. Of course, the tackle could be mounted lower down on the arm, but then the mechanical advantage of the tackle is lost to the lever. It's a good example of a fair idea which just cannot be manufactured as a one-size-fits-all compromise.

Rob.