Snap or dangly davits

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I'm trying to consolidate my dinghy situation. I have various combinations of inflatables and davit bits but enough to get me going with out spending money. And after the last few weeks of getting Excalibur sorted I now seem to have run out. How careless of me.

I have a swim platform with CEREDI snap davits bolted on
The dinghy that came with the boat with no patches on it, 1 patch found in a locker.
1 dinghy with snap davit patches on - that don't line up with the ceredi ones.

I have tried to source the missing single patch, this will be about £150, I will still need the arms.
I could just use the other dinghy (although not preferrable, its smaller) and move the exisiting snap davits. Will still need arms.

Previously she has had dangly davits (that must be the correct nautical term?), there are some badly filled bolt holes.

Perhaps its better and possibly cheaper to get second hand davit arms and use those. Could give me better access to the swim platform.

Whats the thoughts on the differnt davit types?
 
I've had both types on my last boat and it seems to me to depend on the size of your outboard motor. if @ 2.5hp and easy to lift manually I'd go with snap davits. quick and easy to get the boat in the water and take up a lot less room on the bathing platform. If you have a big heavy outboard and dinghy the proper davits are easier but take up a lot of room. second hand davits can be hard to find and will be expensive. try and have a look at similar boat to yours and you get a good idea of what will be best
 
The outboard is tiny, 2.3 and there is a decent outboard bracket on the transom. The problem on the last one with snap davits is that the arms were right in the way of the swim platform. Dangly davits look easier to duck under - is that true?

The seem to be a few sets on ebay, that look reasonable. I shall keep watching.
 
I found the full davit a pain and ducking under was not easy - I guess tall units would be OK. The stays (arms) you use on the snap davits can be a nusiance. I used rope when moored up so I could lift the rope to duck under and it doesn't hurt when you bang your head
 
I did have dangly (Whitall I think) davits but replaced them with snaps because I was getting charged for berthing on the total LOA of the boat, from the front of the anchor to the back of the (horizontal) dingy. As the snaps keep the dingy vertical it paid for itself in the first year!
 
Dangley davits are probably the best when coupled with an air rib.

leave it deflated most of the year for easy access and blow it up(bravo 12v ) for peak / beach season to be left on the davits .

climbing under davits isnt really an option but there is usually space to use a stern door as long as you dont get carried away wit the size of rib you dangle.

Very easy to drop the dinghy in with the outboard already attached, we certainly go ashore more as it is hassle free, just winch it up on return without any fuss too.

If you want to be tight.......
Are your davit patches removable with meths ?

You have two fitted with one spare, surely that means you can add one to fit (end up with three on one side).
 
Some confusion here:
I have 1 dinghy with the 2 weaver sanp davit patches fitted
I have the preferred dinghy with no patches fitted but I have 1 patch that I can fit.

I didn't know the patches could be removed, that sounds like a cunning plan -just meths then is it? As for tight? Fraid so, spent a fair bit on this one now, we are all up and running which is the main thing. Need to catch up now :-)

The transom door thing is interesting, Excalibur is apparently a cross over model - badged as a Sunseeker Martinique 38 but its actually a 36 (they both use the same hull) but the 38 has the transom door, the 36 has the old style platform. It has the 38 radar arch though!
 
It's "horses for courses" as to what best suits different boats, different tenders, and differing levels of use. We anchor out a lot so have a 3.5m rib with 30hp, so snaps don't suits us and we use it like a yoyo. Electric Cooney Simpson 150kg Davits with support poles so she's not under strain when out in an F6 head sea thumping a bit. Also use straps in heavy weather to stop any swinging movement as dingy is pulled up tight to davit extension bars and strapped. Our tender weights about 180kg including rib, motor and fuel, so we had to put in strong davits, and more importantly strongly reinforce the mounting points and transom.

PS: Saw a lovely Broom 42 recently with Davits sagging off the transom, grp all cracked and distorted because it hadn't been reinforced.
 
Taken weaver patches off using acetone, not meths. Complete PITA tho, takes ages and you'll need some sort of blunt scraper to keep them peeled back while more acetone is used.

Can't stress enough what a hassle it is tho'. You may also find the area under the patches gets damaged as they come off - the glue make a real bond to the tubes!!
 
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