Tender trouble

[Joely12390]

Hi I woundered if any one knows of a safe and easy way of getting my tenders small outboard onto the transom of my yacht. I am worried that each time I haul it up Iam going to drop it overboard and was wondering if anyone knew of anything on the market to solve this problem?

 

[rob2]

My outboard has a lanyard attached so I can fish it out of the drink if it comes loose. When coming alongside the yacht, I fasten it to the pushpit rail before unscrewing the motor from the tender. It might improve the process if I fitted a hoist so I can then lift it from the yacht rather than losing my balance in the dinghy! There are some hoists made rather along the lines of a davit...

Rob.

 

[sarabande]

perhaps rather than trying to place the o/b on to the transom directly from the dink, you might transfer it to the boat amidships first of all ?

Tends to be lower than the transom, and perhaps easier to slip under the lifelines to someone firmly on board. You could also rig a small block and tackle on the boom to lift the motor without direct manhandling.


EDIT If you add your boat type to your profile, it might help to know if you are likely to be into hydraulic- or hand-powered lifting.

 

[BGW]

Hi I woundered if any one knows of a safe and easy way of getting my tenders small outboard onto the transom of my yacht. I am worried that each time I haul it up Iam going to drop it overboard and was wondering if anyone knew of anything on the market to solve this problem?

I got this on ebay but I have seen them in a chandlery - can't remember which one, a fantastic investment but expensive.

Can be removed and packs up quite small when not in use.

 

[Cloven]

I have two eyebolts on the transom of the tender, one each side - and I have two lengths of rope with carbine hooks on each end. These clip one end on an eyebolt and one end onto the fitting for the backstays so the stern of the tender is held firmly against the transom - ie boat & tender are in line stern to stern & the tender is not at rightangles to the transom.

I have a sugar scoop transom with the step fairly close to the water and that allows me to stand with one foot on the transom step and one in the dinghy. This is then a stable platform to either lift the outboard onto or off the tender.

As already said, I also use a lanyard attached to the engine so that if the worst came to the worst, at least the engine is attached to either the boat or the tender.

 

[VicS]

Hi I woundered if any one knows of a safe and easy way of getting my tenders small outboard onto the transom of my yacht. I am worried that each time I haul it up Iam going to drop it overboard and was wondering if anyone knew of anything on the market to solve this problem?

I am considering using the boom and mainsheet tackle to lift my small Seagull on and off the dinghy.

With the Seagull it is possible to replace the flywheel nut with a lifting eye to attach the lifting tackle to but there are harnesses available to fit small outboards in general. Salty John flogs then IIRC

 

[BGW]

I Found the chandlery.....

 

[lw395]

A safety lanyard as suggested.
Clip it to the yacht before undoing the clamp screws.
A bit of bungee holding the outboard's bracket in the down position makes it easier to lift the thing up and hang it straight on the pushpit.
a strategic bit of duct tape or something stops the skeg of the o/b from scratching the top of the topsides.

A Yamaha 2hp 2 stroke makes it all a doddle.
With my 4HP Mariner, I used to lie it down in the dinghy and lift it by the lanyard.

 

[Salty John]

We make the Motor Grip and the Motor Lift, and there are others on the market, to provide the central, top, lifting point so you can use the boom or a dedicated hoist to lift the outboard vertically.

For the hoist itself, if the motor is heavier than would be considered 'portable', you can use the boom or you can buy one of several dedicated cranes on the market to do the lifting. Or you can make your own crane - there's a sketch on my blog somewhere.

 

[Ray Dunne]

We make the Motor Grip and the Motor Lift, and there are others on the market, to provide the central, top, lifting point so you can use the boom or a dedicated hoist to lift the outboard vertically.

For the hoist itself, if the motor is heavier than would be considered 'portable', you can use the boom or you can buy one of several dedicated cranes on the market to do the lifting. Or you can make your own crane - there's a sketch on my blog somewhere.

Sketch here :http://saltyjohn.blogspot.ie/search...3:22:00Z&max-results=7&start=42&by-date=false

 

[Lakesailor]

A safety lanyard as suggested.
, I used to lie it down in the dinghy and lift it by the lanyard.

That's much safer. Haul it from the transom and lay it in the tender. Lift it from your yacht. With my Tohatsu 3hp (same as all the Merc 3.3s etc) I can just grab the leg and lift it aboard by leaning over the gunwhale of the yacht. Depends how much freeboard you have.
Don't try to lift from the tender unless you have strops fore and aft or you will end up playing suspension bridges.

 

[VicS]

With my Tohatsu 3hp (same as all the Merc 3.3s etc) I can just grab the leg and lift it aboard by leaning over the gunwhale of the yacht.

No wonder you suffer from "back problems"
Take care. I think my "back problems" have just about brought my boating activities to an end!

 

[Lakesailor]

That's the thing about back problems. They affect everyone in a different way.
I can't pull things (like boats on trailers) but lifting things is fine.
Leaning (like hedge-trimmers over wide hedges) is dreadful.

 

[William_H]

Outboard motors

As said you must have a lanyard on the motor at all times. dropping an outboard into the water doesn't really do much harm but if it is not on the end of a lanyard it may be lost for ever. So 2 lanyards one to the tender and one to the mother ship. If you want to be able to hoist it consider a bit of tube that extends the boom (if the the end is open) far enough to be useful for hoisting. olewill
regarding bad backs the very best treatment is swimming. get in the water and get lots of movement to its full range without weight on the back. I reckon snorkelling cleaning my boat is best excercise for back. olewill

 

[Burnham Bob]

I bought a carrying /lifting strop that fots over he outboard. I now have a small block on the pushpit. The outboard lives on a mount on the pushpit and when its being lowered, i run a line from the outboard strop through the block and onto one of the sheet winches. Then, with a bit of slack, lower the outboard the first foot or so. Then with me in the dinghy, SWMBO lowers the outboard.

To get it back on board, reverse the process. SWMBO drops me the line, I attach it to the outboard and with her taking up the slack, loosen the clamp on the dinghy transom. Using the winch SWMBO can lift the outboard clear whilst I make sure it doesn't bacng against the gel coat.

Secure the dinghy, climb aboard and finish the process. Takes two of you but if I'm on my own with the dinghy, its usually only a quick visit to the boat so the outboard is ashore. We only take it aboard on longer trips.