Thanks for the compliments. The tender is a Caribe c12, with a Suzuki, fuel injected, 20hp outboard. We built the davits to fit the dinghy....
Well, reviving, and concluding another thread of mine. I've designed and built the davits. They are built with 1.2 mm carbon fiber on either...
I forgot to update this thread last year. I sent samples to the lab last summer (Structural composites Inc, in Florida) for an ASTM C297 test...
Thanks for that link. I'm going to spend some time over there and see what I can learn. Thanks to all, for your comments. Paul.
Yes, balance is always an issue. We moved the engines foward to help compensate for changes further forward. Our build is done within a...
Hello Moewaka, thanks for your response. I'm not sure what you mean by "what you've done with the turret shape". What Turret? Do you mean the...
Thanks for that, but I'd need more formal training than I have, to fully understand that sequence of photos. I drew the davits on a plan sheet,...
That's ok, thanks for your consideration. My original reason for starting this thread was to understand which parts of a beam carry the load;...
The davit installation is covered in Post #9 It is not yet finalized, but I'm pretty sure it'll be very close to what's described there....
The original Design was a Kurt Hughes 45. With the designer's help, we: 1) Stretched the hulls 10%, by changing the form spacing on the mould....
Yes, and that wouldn't be very convenient to do every night. That dinghy is not a RIB, it's a fair bit lighter and easier to manhandle than a...
Thanks for those numbers. Lots of force there... I'm not sure what you mean about "slinging the dingy vertical along it's width". If I take...
Thanks for posting that photo. It does look well socketed. With the angle off horizontal like that, I imagine they can be much lighter built...
Thanks for your reply. I may indeed get the boat's designer to do the design for the davits. But it doesn't hurt to educate myself before...
Tansl, thank you for your post. I believe the aft beam to be sufficiently strong. It was designed to keep the hulls aligned, and support the...
Thank you for your responses. I couldn't get the link to work, so I couldn't see the davits. Well, the link worked, but no davit photo showed...
Aha, thank you. A starting point. Would it make sense to have the horizontal faces cored? Paul.
Thanks for your replies. I meant to imply that the dinghy would be only partly full, and used 50% as my example. I've never had a dinghy on...
Hello. I'm building a Catamaran and would like to build carbon fiber davits for the dinghy. I've read "cantilevered davits" and would appreciate...
And the infused beam.
