Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New Davit

We finally got around to installing our Davit. Vickie got a deal on a Dinghy (1.5 ft Rib 15 HP Mercury), no more putting around with our little 3.3 HP motor. We decided to go with a 12 volt motor so we wouldn't have to run the generator to raise or lower the dinghy. We added a dedicated battery just like the windlass with its own solar charger.

It turned out to be a good choice since the first time we went out after adding the davit the Voltage Regulator Board on the generator went out. Ordered a new one and we were back in business.

Being the engineer type I over designed the mount for the davit a bit.