NW Explorations
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4E: Dinghy, Davit & Outboard
4E1: Davit
This boat has a high-quality electric davit supporting the dinghy.
To use it:
1. Release any dinghy tie-downs and raise the engine so that it
clears the stantions. Be sure drain plug is in place;
2. Insert the davit remote control’s plug in the receptacle to the
port side of the davit arm;
3. Being sure the sling is properly clear of the dinghy seat (but
through the windshield support bars), attach the hoist cable
to the snap-hook on the dinghy’s sling chain.
4. Hoist the dingy carefully by operating the re- mote control
until it reaches its vertical limit on the davit;
5. Rotate the dinghy so that the bow faces the stern of the main
boat;
6. Manually swing the dinghy to the starboard side of the boat
while steadying it so that it is parallel to the boat’s hull;
7. Then pay out cable from the davit, with a crew member
“walking” the dinghy to the aft swim step for boarding when it
reaches the water’s surface and floats;
8. The crew member then releases the dingy sling hooks from
the dinghy and keeps tension on the cable while securing the
sling to a point on the vessel as the davit control is operated to
take in the excess cable so that it is lightly tensioned until the
dinghy is returned to the boat.
The position of the large snap hook on the dinghy’s
bridal is positioned so the dinghy
balances on its fore-aft axis.
Davit control plug in on the side of arm.
Dinghy Battery “ON & OFF” Switch at stern.
