for a 4 hp 2cycle engine? I would like to put it on my Cat 30’ to lower my outboard onto my dinghy and retrieve it. If not are there plans to make one I can buy? It does not seem that difficult to make only the swivel will be a bit of a trick, at least to make the swivel look OK. I was thinking of a couple of fishing pole holders for the swivel. I just as soon buy one if I could use it again when we get a bigger boat and the price is not too great. We have the block and tackle. I have search the we and must not be using the right words because I have been coming up empty. I did see one advertised in Cruising World but it did not have a price and since lost the add. I have thought about the boom but not for raft ups and would still need to swing it out and arround the rear rail and back stay. Thanks Chip
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Motor Mate
I bought one a few years ago at the Newport boat show from Defender Insustries. Use the following URL & search for "Motor Mate". http://www.defender.com (it can be ordered online) the "ball" mount shown mounts on the deck and the pole of the lift slides down thru a retaining ring (supplied) and over the ball to secure it in place.
I bought one a few years ago at the Newport boat show from Defender Insustries. Use the following URL & search for "Motor Mate". http://www.defender.com (it can be ordered online) the "ball" mount shown mounts on the deck and the pole of the lift slides down thru a retaining ring (supplied) and over the ball to secure it in place.
Garhauer
Garhauer makes a decent lifting davit at a reasonable price. Do you really need a hoist for a 4hp motor? http://garhauermarine.com/catalog_process.cfm?cid=41
Garhauer makes a decent lifting davit at a reasonable price. Do you really need a hoist for a 4hp motor? http://garhauermarine.com/catalog_process.cfm?cid=41
2nd for Garhauer
Hi Chip - I'd have to agree with Rick; Garhauer makes a high quality polished SS lift for a very reasonable price. Best, Trevor
Hi Chip - I'd have to agree with Rick; Garhauer makes a high quality polished SS lift for a very reasonable price. Best, Trevor
Outboard Davit
We had a St. Croix davit put on our Hunter 44 for our 8 hp outboard. Lowering the motor is no problem, works great. However, lifting the motor, at almost 80-90 lbs, is tough. I can't get the line to a winch at a good angle so the lines get all tangeld up. We'll have to modify it with a little block/tackle I guess. I;m sure when we go cruising we'll use it to hoist up other items from the dinghy as well.
We had a St. Croix davit put on our Hunter 44 for our 8 hp outboard. Lowering the motor is no problem, works great. However, lifting the motor, at almost 80-90 lbs, is tough. I can't get the line to a winch at a good angle so the lines get all tangeld up. We'll have to modify it with a little block/tackle I guess. I;m sure when we go cruising we'll use it to hoist up other items from the dinghy as well.
made one
Chip I had a friend with a pipe bender put a bend in a 6 ft piece of ss 1" tubing. Top two feet or so bent about 30 - 35 degrees from the vertical. I mounted the bottom of this tubing into a ss bimini/dodger socket/base on the inside aft corner of the cockpit and used two of those black tubing clamps you get from westmarine to support the tubing at the top of the pushpit. I drilled a horizontal hole through the top end of the tube, fitted a 1" ss shackle throught the hole and hung a 4 part tackle of the shackle. I used it for a 5hp evinrude. I have a crane off my radar pole now which I use and I converted the original pole to a solar panel mount. Picture attached is the only one I could find which shows the pole(with solar panel) over my brotherinlaw's left shoulder. Cost I am sure less than $100 for pole, fittings and tackle, that's Canadian $ which would be about $0.85 US
If you are interested let me know and I'll take some better pics.
Chip I had a friend with a pipe bender put a bend in a 6 ft piece of ss 1" tubing. Top two feet or so bent about 30 - 35 degrees from the vertical. I mounted the bottom of this tubing into a ss bimini/dodger socket/base on the inside aft corner of the cockpit and used two of those black tubing clamps you get from westmarine to support the tubing at the top of the pushpit. I drilled a horizontal hole through the top end of the tube, fitted a 1" ss shackle throught the hole and hung a 4 part tackle of the shackle. I used it for a 5hp evinrude. I have a crane off my radar pole now which I use and I converted the original pole to a solar panel mount. Picture attached is the only one I could find which shows the pole(with solar panel) over my brotherinlaw's left shoulder. Cost I am sure less than $100 for pole, fittings and tackle, that's Canadian $ which would be about $0.85 US
If you are interested let me know and I'll take some better pics.you probably already have one
just use a spare (or the main) halyard, This works fine for me and my 15hp which I keep clamped to the stern railing. yes, the pull is not vertical but it's easy to hold the 15, I can't inagine a 4 weighs much. I even use a home made lifting harness made out of some extra rope.
just use a spare (or the main) halyard, This works fine for me and my 15hp which I keep clamped to the stern railing. yes, the pull is not vertical but it's easy to hold the 15, I can't inagine a 4 weighs much. I even use a home made lifting harness made out of some extra rope.
Why would you not want to use the boom?
We have an 8hp mounted on the stern rail. We have a Davis harness/strap on the outboard. When we want to set it up on the dinghy, we move the dinghy to the side of the boat. Connect a block/tackle to the boom, and to the harness. Lift up the outboard over the lifelines, and down to the dinghy. My wife holds it there, and I go down to the dinghy and secure it. We do the reverse when moving it back to the stern rail. Now, just how heavy is a 4hp outboard?
We have an 8hp mounted on the stern rail. We have a Davis harness/strap on the outboard. When we want to set it up on the dinghy, we move the dinghy to the side of the boat. Connect a block/tackle to the boom, and to the harness. Lift up the outboard over the lifelines, and down to the dinghy. My wife holds it there, and I go down to the dinghy and secure it. We do the reverse when moving it back to the stern rail. Now, just how heavy is a 4hp outboard?
Well I could not see what you are talking
about in the picture. If you could find a better picture, I would appreciate it. I do like the lift that Garhauer has at $265.00 however, they are in California as I am and will charge tax and shipping so it would be over $300.00 and the other one at defender is very nice but up there in the 350.00 range. I decide to try to copy the more expensive one. I went to Home Depot today and picked up some PVC pipe to make a template of the lift, then go to a metal yard and get the materials and then to the weld shop for the assembly. I am concerned about the swivel but if the system Tom made up with the dodger stainless steel piping and the piece at the bottom will hold a 4hp about 50-60 lbs then that is the way to go. I will buy a pipe bender and go to work. Seems I need a little more information about the materials. Maybe I do not need any welding, that would save some $$. I am not cheep however, we plan to move up to a larger boat in a few years and this may not work or be need on a different boat. In addition, I can and enjoy making this stuff. The 30’ 1983 Catalina we have has a stern ladder but I am 59 years young and have had a back operation and it is my wife and I. The boom would work but not for raft ups and the halyard system is not something my wife could do easily while I was in the dinghy. Any way I am excited now about building one. I am working OT tonight but when I am done, I will go to the boat with my PVC and check it out. Tom, did you use the dodger type of tubing or was it the stern rail type of Stainless steel tubing? Are they much the same? Also there is a boat swap meet coming up here where I may score some more materials like a cleat etc. Thanks Chip
about in the picture. If you could find a better picture, I would appreciate it. I do like the lift that Garhauer has at $265.00 however, they are in California as I am and will charge tax and shipping so it would be over $300.00 and the other one at defender is very nice but up there in the 350.00 range. I decide to try to copy the more expensive one. I went to Home Depot today and picked up some PVC pipe to make a template of the lift, then go to a metal yard and get the materials and then to the weld shop for the assembly. I am concerned about the swivel but if the system Tom made up with the dodger stainless steel piping and the piece at the bottom will hold a 4hp about 50-60 lbs then that is the way to go. I will buy a pipe bender and go to work. Seems I need a little more information about the materials. Maybe I do not need any welding, that would save some $$. I am not cheep however, we plan to move up to a larger boat in a few years and this may not work or be need on a different boat. In addition, I can and enjoy making this stuff. The 30’ 1983 Catalina we have has a stern ladder but I am 59 years young and have had a back operation and it is my wife and I. The boom would work but not for raft ups and the halyard system is not something my wife could do easily while I was in the dinghy. Any way I am excited now about building one. I am working OT tonight but when I am done, I will go to the boat with my PVC and check it out. Tom, did you use the dodger type of tubing or was it the stern rail type of Stainless steel tubing? Are they much the same? Also there is a boat swap meet coming up here where I may score some more materials like a cleat etc. Thanks Chip
oooooh now I see the pole!
The picture I included was to show how much freeboard there is and it is a long way to the top of the stern rail from the water. So that pole held a 5hp with no problem. This system seems like it will work fine. Thanks Chip
The picture I included was to show how much freeboard there is and it is a long way to the top of the stern rail from the water. So that pole held a 5hp with no problem. This system seems like it will work fine. Thanks Chip
chip
I'll take some pics of my rig this weekend and post them on the catalina photo page - There is no welding involved and I wouldn't buy a pipe bender just ask you local muffler shop if they will bend it. THe ss pipe was purchased from a local marine store - I think it is the usual dodger thickness, although thicker walled tubing wouldn't hurt.
I'll take some pics of my rig this weekend and post them on the catalina photo page - There is no welding involved and I wouldn't buy a pipe bender just ask you local muffler shop if they will bend it. THe ss pipe was purchased from a local marine store - I think it is the usual dodger thickness, although thicker walled tubing wouldn't hurt.
I think mine is a Motor Mate
One thing I would suggest is that if you get one of these or make something like it, put some foam floatation inside the pipe. The first thing I did when I took mine off the boat was to drop the lower part of the two piece post into the water. It did not float and I had to dive for it in the Lake Union muck. I used some spray in place urethane foam so that if I drop it now at least it will float. It is also a good idea for spinnaker poles, boat hooks, etc.
One thing I would suggest is that if you get one of these or make something like it, put some foam floatation inside the pipe. The first thing I did when I took mine off the boat was to drop the lower part of the two piece post into the water. It did not float and I had to dive for it in the Lake Union muck. I used some spray in place urethane foam so that if I drop it now at least it will float. It is also a good idea for spinnaker poles, boat hooks, etc.
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