[C320-list] Dinghy davit shopping results so far FWIW

[Jon Vez]

Garhauer definitely will build to whatever dimensions you would like and there was no upcharge in my case.
With considerable help from Jeff Hare, we took his Davits and dry fitted them to my boat (now a 355) since the stern is a different layout then the 320 we measured what I needed. Jeff produced some dimensional drawings for me, then I sent Garhauer all the requirements I needed, including asking them to alter the orientation of the cleats based on Jeff’s experience with how he used his and everything was delivered spot on.
For price and flexibility I couldn’t be happier with our setup!

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> On Aug 14, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Christian <ccaper at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Scott,
> I ordered mine from Garhauer last March. They do custom jobs (had my arms
> taller, and longer), for negligible price difference, was easy to place the
> order, very happy with their work. Let me know if you have any questions.
> Christian
> 1994 320 "Canuck"
> Chicago
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 8:05 AM Allan S. Field <allan.field at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> My experience is that no one does stainless steel better than Kato. The
>> last time I dealt with them, I had to take the boat to Annapolis for them
>> to do the measurements and they would not install. That was about 15 years
>> ago so things may have changed. On our C320, we went with Ocean Marine and
>> were very happy. We have Garhauer on our C387 and while the OM was a better
>> product all around, both do the job they were built for. Had the C387 not
>> come with the Garhauer already installed, we would have gone with OM again.
>> 
>> Allan S. Field
>> 
>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Scott Westwood <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> wrote:
>> We are close to purchasing new davits.  I thought I would let you all know
>> what I learned (right or wrong) so far.
>> 
>> I am focusing on Martek and Kato.  I looked at Garhauer but the size they
>> listed was shorter than I want/like.  Garhauer are about same price as
>> Martek.  They may be able to custom make but...  Ocean Marine isn't open
>> for business until much later in the season.  I was going to try searching
>> for fabricators but I am just burned out on shopping and I wanted to
>> benefit from the experience of the pros.
>> Locally many people praise Kato but, as far as I can tell, Kato is about
>> $800+ more expensive for "basically" the same end results.  Also Kato arm
>> tubing walls are .083" and Martek are .12" thick.  However, both are rated
>> for same overall load (Design limits- not material??)??  Martek arms are
>> also 5" higher and only 3" shorter.  Our dinghy isn't wide enough for 3" to
>> be a factor.  Dinghy only weighs 100lbs and has 2.5hp OB.
>> It may boil down to customer service but $800 worth?  They do have Harken
>> vs. Ronstan blocks but, again, $800 worth??
>> There are, like most everything else, pros and cons for each/any maker of
>> anything.  Each one has something they claim to do better than the other.
>> I just wanted to try to provide some of what I have found so far.
>> Anybody else have anything to add?  Feel free to weigh in.  Very willing
>> to learn.
>> Thanks,
>> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C
>> (919)-618-7185
>>