[C320-list] Happy New Year for downunder and a question(s) re Davitts

[Bruce Stanley]

Dave
thank you for your most informative ideas on Daviits.
Is it possible to send me any photos?
Also is the stern of your MarkII identical to a MarkI?

we are afloat in the Broken Bay, NSW, Australia,
area ... north of Sydney Harbour. It is surrounded by Ku-ring-gai National
Park.
Google Earth it and you may see why it is a magic sailing area.
My Canadian blood stirs when I read about Puget Sound. Even thought of
buying a C36 out of Seattle and ehjoying a month or 2 in that area before
shipping it down under ;o)) some of a dream, but you never know!

cheers

Bruce Stanley/Sydney/C320#1084


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Utility Email <kswanson123 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Bruce,
>
> Something to consider for stern davits is what I did for my C320. I
> installed Weaver Davits (Weaver Snap Up Davit) on my stern steps.  These
> davits allow the inflatable to ride on the stern in a vertical position and
> allow me the ability to adjust the height of the inflatable so the dinghy
> does not hit the water when heeled over when sailing,  I also installed
> removable plates (Weaver Quick Kit) on the stern steps so the davits can be
> removed when I am not using them. I had Weaver fabricate them with some
> specific dimensions and snap up positions to work well on my boat.  Weaver
> used to be based in Seattle, but now are based in Idaho and they have been
> very easy to work with.  All of the hardware is marine grade stainless
> steel.  We used our boat in bay and ocean sailing in San Diego and did some
> trips to Catalina Island with this dinghy setup.  Our oat is now in Puget
> Sound and we will be using this set up for island hopping in the San Juan
> Islands, Canadian Gulf Islands, and Desolation Sound all spring and summer.
>  This set up has worked great for us.
>
> This is the second sailboat where we have used Weaver Davits with great
> success, our first boat with them was a Hunter 30.  Our inflatable is an
> 10'3" Achillies LSI with a 2.5 HP Yamaha Outboard that we stow on the stern
> rail.  Our inflatable has a high pressure floor and not a RIB.  I'm not sure
> our setup would work as well as conventional davits for a RIB due to the
> heavier weight of a RIB.
>
> I was thinking about doing an article on these for the Mainsheet, but I
> need to wait for spring to get some good photos of our installation and
> setup (dinghy currently stored in my garage).  Some benefits of our setup
> include:
>
> 1.  Lower overall cost for davits.
> 2.  Simple and elegant hardware and setup.
> 3.  Removable hardware to maintain the look and function of our stern
> access.
> 4.  Vertical and compact storage of inflatable to reduce LOA and minimize
> sun and weather damage on top of dinghy.
> 5.  Outboard stored on rear stern rail mount.
> 6.  Davits help stabilize boarding of dinghy at stern.
>
> Overall, we are very happy with our setup.  We can quickly stow our dinghy
> vertically on our transom with minimal hardware and rigging compared to
> conventional Garhauer-type davits.
>
> The following is a link to the Weaver Davits website that show the Snap Up
> Davits that we used.  These davits are marketed toward powerboats, but we
> have found great use of them on both of our previous Hunter 30 sailboat and
> now our Catalina 320 sailboat.
>
> http://www.weaverindustries.com/index.cfm/product/83_6/snap-ups-davits.html
>
> I have PDF sketches and emails that I provided to Weaver that they used to
> fabricate our davits, let me know and I can send you this information via
> email if you are interested.
>
> Good luck in your search.  I hope this information helps.
>
> Dave
>
> David Swanson
> S/V Emily Ann
> 2007 C320 MK II, No. 1107
> Mukilteo, WA
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Bruce Stanley <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I am looking for advice on the purchase and installation of Davitts for
> our
> > C320 MkI.
> > Questions that come to mind are:
> > 1. Garhauer vs ??
> > 2. Ease of installation by owner?
> > 3. Do they restrict visability astern?
> > 4. Is the Catalina built-in Outboard mount still useful?
> > 5. what extra bits do you need to buy?
> > 6. when empty ...can they be moved out of the way? (for Stern
> disembarking)?
> >
> >
> > our peak sailing season is in full swing.
> > lucky us ;0))
> >
> > Bruce Stanley/C320 #1084/Fantastic Lady
>

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