Tender to Boat Outboard Transfer - single handed

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On the basis that it is not wise to leave an outboard on a tender when left at a swinging mooring, what is the best way to transfer the outboard onto the boat when you are solo?
Appreciate any suggestions.
 
There isn't a best way except using a derrick of some kind. If you are strong with a good sense of balance and your dinghy is stable you may be able to transfer it straight to a pad on the pushpit or onto the deck - although often there is not any clear space on deck to do this. You may also use the boom and topping lift, although difficult to do it on your own.

You really have to find a way that works for you if you can, but be aware that as soon as there is any sort of sea and wind the task becomes impossible.

Much easier if there are two of you!
 
When I do use the dinghy I just row. I find getting the outboard ready, stowing it etc is just not worth the hassle & the exercise is good. But I have had Avons for the past 57 years & not one of those silly non rowable dinghies with fixed oars ( well I have one as well, but I do not use it, the daughter does because she is lazy)
 
Just to amplify what has been said by Tranona above, one answer could be to mount a pad on the push pit - to the stern or to the side according to layout - in order that you can secure the ob with a short lift from the dinghy. The motor can be left there securely clamped or later be lifted from above into the cockpit or to any other chosen location. Whatever stowage or lifting method you choose, I strongly recommend the attachment of a lanyard from the top rail of the push pit to the ob before it is released from the dinghy transom (in any weather conditions) as a fail safe.
 
When I still used an outboard (Yamaha 2) I had a little pulley on the pushpit with a lanyard that I could clip onto the motor. Loosen the mounting clamps and heave as hard as you can on the lanyard. Outboard is then hanging from the pushpit and clear of the tender. You then fasten the lanyard to something handy, even a properly aligned clam cleat in the transom area will do. That is when you climb on board and lift the OB home at your leisure.
NB. I almost always sail solo and was 71 three weeks ago. ;)
 
I have a 2hp yamaha.
I simply lift it from the pushpit into the dinghy. The motor sits on the top tube of the pushpit, wth the clamps slackened right off.
It's normally lashed and padlocked in place.
When I had a heavier 2 stroke mariner 4HP, I used to lower it into the floor of the tender then climb down and mount it on the transom.
I have a safety tether on the motor which clips to the pushpit.
We have a little canvas pad which stops the leg of the motor or the prop marking the topsides when the motor is hanging on the top rail of the pushpit.
 
I am interested in this, primarily how do posters stop prop/leg (in particular) from banging into the gel coat when lifting o/b? i have a Suzuki 2.5 and a 31ft boat with sugar scoop stern and do most sailing single handed and todate have always left the o/b on the tender on my swinging mooring. I am always a bit uneasy doing this, i hope this is not hijacking the thread.
 
Pete735 said:
I am interested in this, primarily how do posters stop prop/leg (in particular) from banging into the gel coat when lifting o/b? i have a Suzuki 2.5 and a 31ft boat with sugar scoop stern and do most sailing single handed and todate have always left the o/b on the tender on my swinging mooring. I am always a bit uneasy doing this, i hope this is not hijacking the thread.
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I too have a sugar scoop stern and the Suzuki. I can't remember having a problem chipping gelcoat. If I Were worried about it I might consider making a foam pad to cover the prop end during transfer. I always clip a safety line from the outboard to the pushpit which is just short enough to stop the motor being submerged during movement in either direction.
 
I lift the dinghy onto the foredeck with the spinnaker halyard, with the outboard still in place - but I suppose that’s not really relevant if you’re leaving the tender behind at your mooring :)

Pete
 
I tie the dinghy across the stern of the boat moored securely to the two stern cleats. This way the dinghy is very stable. I connect a lanyard from the outboard to the pushpit. I slacken the outboard clamps and lift it in to the dinghy. I then lift the outboard over the transom through the pushpit so it rests on the transom with the leg resting on the cockpit seat. I can then lift the outboard on to the bracket on the pushpit from the cockpit. This works well with both my Walker bay rigid dinghy and my inflatable. It's probably easier as I have an old 2 stroke 2.3hp Johnson, so don't have to worry about tipping oil in the crankcase.
 
Jaguar 25 said:
On the basis that it is not wise to leave an outboard on a tender when left at a swinging mooring, what is the best way to transfer the outboard onto the boat when you are solo?
Appreciate any suggestions.
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For many years I just grabbed the motor ( Seagull 40 Featherweight) in one hand and climbed aboard with it. More recently I have been lifting it into the cockpit then climbing aboard but doing some damage is always a possibility.

I too am therefore looking for a safe and practical method!

I did think of using the boom, but realised some extra tackle would probably be needed either to lift the outboard or to control the swing of the boom. ( the mainsheet could do one of those things ) plus the boom would be crossing the side deck at the very point I would want to be climbing aboard

I asked for ideas on here a while ago and recieved a few suggestions http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...g-the-outboard-between-dinghy-and-mother-ship Google will, I think, find a few other ideas.

My best bet seemed to be to either buy and cut down the Plastimo Cargo boom( Expensive and too large to stow) or to design and build something similar but smaller but ill health has put paid to all plans at the moment

https://www.plastimo.com/en/mat-de-charge-pliant-et-amovible.html

Maybe a marina berth is the last resort.
 
I would think that an outboard swinging around on a derrick and tackle would be a right menace when moored anywhere subject to a bit of wash.
1) Get the lightest outboard that will do the job.
2) make sure you can secure the dinghy in a good position to lift/lower the motor
3) sort out some method of hanging the motor on the side of the yacht without damaging anything. Maybe a 'harness' on the motor with suitable clips? Maybe a temporary bracket on a stanchion or pushpit leg?

TBH, if I can't get 15kg of motor up there, what chance of getting my own 85kg up there?
 
I come alongside the yacht next to the shrouds. Secure the dinghy there with bow and stern painters. Lift the outboard (Yamaha 2B) onto the side-deck. Climb on board. Carry the outboard aft and secure it on the pushpit. The outboard has a lanyard with a clip hook at the end and is secured at all times; either to the dinghy or to the guardwires.
 
The boom, 2 snatch blocks and a long halyard type bit of cord. Give yourself a fair lead to one of the winches, tie the outboard on to the halyard-ish bit of cord and twirl the winch. And relax ��
 
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Twisterowner said:
I come alongside the yacht next to the shrouds. Secure the dinghy there with bow and stern painters. Lift the outboard (Yamaha 2B) onto the side-deck. Climb on board. Carry the outboard aft and secure it on the pushpit. The outboard has a lanyard with a clip hook at the end and is secured at all times; either to the dinghy or to the guardwires.
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Are you sure the OP's boat has side decks wide enough to do that .... or side decks at all for that matter?
 
Gunfleet said:
The boom, 2 snatch blocks and a long halyard type bit of cord. Give yourself a fair lead to one of the winches, tie on to the halyard and twirl the winch. And relax ��
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Got a photo of this arrangement or better a video of it in use ?
 
VicS said:
Are you sure the OP's boat has side decks wide enough to do that .... or side decks at all for that matter?
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I haven't the faintest idea.

I'm not telling him what he should do but what I do. If it helps him to know that, good. If it doesn't, does it matter?
 
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