Garhauermarine.com sells a reasonably priced, collapsible, pole mounted lifting davit that braces to the pushpit rail …. but I don't for the life me understand why you wouldn't want to drill a few mounting holes to secure the base bracket. This one lifts up to 150 lbs.... so... know your numbers before you invest.I'm trying to figure out the best method to winch a 15-20 HP Engine off a dinghy and mount it on the seat rail on the stern. Anyone have any ideas on how to do it without having to drill holes in the boat and anyone know the best setup on the market to mount the engine on the stern seat?
Yeah, but where have you gone like that? How many hours of towing? PP plans a trip to the Bahamas from St. Petersburg. But at this point, I somehow doubt he’s ever made it past the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (10 n.mi. distant). I’ve met folks here prepping for the Pacific Puddle Jump (3,000 n.mi.) who’ve not even crossed the San Pedro Channel to Catalina Island (21 n.mi.). (Or have gone anywhere else for that matter).I have a 9' RIB with a 15HP two-stroke, and I just tow it with the motor on the RIB. Have been doing so for 19 years with nary a mishap.
I can only think of one harbor down this way that has any speed limit (Rodney Bay) and they have zero enforcement.BTW. Harbors I’ve visited have a 5 mph speed limit. So, having an outboard that will plane a 10-ft dink with > 400# of loading won’t be much use in those places. In addition, FYI, my 9’6” inflatable aluminum RIB allows a 10 hp MAX.
I would agree with all of that, but you’re carrying the stuff on a 53-ft yacht home ported in the Caribbean. Makes perfect sense.We have a 3.5 as a back-up for the 15, 4 stroke, so I think I'm qualified to compare the two. Personally, when it's raining cats and dogs (or just before it does) it's real nice to have the ability to do 20+ knots. And a slow dink is a wet dink in any kind of chop or sea. A fast dink can get up on top of that stuff and keep the passengers (and their gear) dry. The smaller engine is much noisier and burns a great deal more fuel than the 15, 4 stroke.
So, I see the larger engine as a choice of comfort and economy, more than anything else.
Hundreds of hours of towing, and everywhere from as far West as Larchmont, NY, in the Long Island Sound to as far East as Nantucket; through the canal to P-town; and many places in the Rhode Island Sound Vineyard Sound, and Buzzards Bay. Calm days, rockin' and rollin' days. We almost always tow it. I looked back once, exiting Westport, MA in big waves to see the bottom of my dinghy behind as it was pulled off the top of a wave, still upright. Never swamped, never capsized. Only 'misphap' was a couple of years ago, pounding through 5' waves at the North end of Quicks' Hole, when one of the towing bridle straps parted; my emergency line picked up the slack and it towed slightly sideways, which turned out to be smoother than before!Yeah, but where have you gone like that? How many hours of towing?
Well, yea. A new 5HP Tohatsu is 57 lb. Two would be 114, of course. A better strategy would be to get a used or black-market new 2-stroke 15HP, which would weigh about 75 lb.So a completely dumb and out of the box idea...
......................... and your handle is "pumpkinpie" ?I weight 250,