@BigEasy understood. This is a really great idea, it should enable me to get the dinghy on & off single handed. I assume you remove the outboard first, and given the size of your dinghy I'm guessing its fairly heavy. How are you getting that on and off the boat? Mine only weighs 30lbs, but its still quite awkward manhandling it from the Bene to the dinghy - it always wants to do the opposite of what I'm trying to do (good demonstration of Newtons 3rd law in action), and I fear one day it will end up at the bottom of the ocean. Thanks for all the help.