Updating Cal 33 Swim Ladder Dinghy Outboard Motor Deploy and Store

I ran out of Stern Rail when I added Stern Rail Seats. No room for the motor or a sling/crane to deploy motor to dinghy If you look at the Photos I had the orginial Swim Ladder Hinges Remade about 9 inches long. The weight of the motor was displaced over a larger area. Also using Starboard I made a swinging Motor Mount. Using the winch I was able to deploy the motor down. The motor pivioted perpindicular to the water. Cleat it off at the proper height then hoisted onto The Dinghy Transome. It worked Well. http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats/photos/browse/30b3

Chuck, That engine deployment system looks really cool!!! Can you post some more pics with it partially and fully deployed? A picture of the swinging mount without the engine would be useful too. Nice awning. It will be very useful in the tropics and it looks like you can sail with it up in moderate wind. Thanks. Dave 80 Cal 35 Runnin Late Coyote Pt, SF Bay chuck_sunsea <cl… [at] hotmail.com> wrote: I ran out of Stern Rail when I added Stern Rail Seats. No room for the motor or a sling/crane to deploy motor to dinghy If you look at the Photos I had the orginial Swim Ladder Hinges Remade about 9 inches long. The weight of the motor was displaced over a larger area. Also using Starboard I made a swinging Motor Mount. Using the winch I was able to deploy the motor down. The motor pivioted perpindicular to the water. Cleat it off at the proper height then hoisted onto The Dinghy Transome. It worked Well. http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats/photos/browse/30b3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, biggs dave <imissedmyface@...> wrote: > > Chuck, > > That engine deployment system looks really cool!!! Can you post some more pics with it partially and fully deployed? A picture of the swinging mount without the engine would be useful too. > > Nice awning. It will be very useful in the tropics and it looks like you can sail with it up in moderate wind. Thanks. > > Dave > 80 Cal 35 Runnin Late > Coyote Pt, SF Bay > > chuck_sunsea <clcjr54@...> wrote: > I ran out of Stern Rail when I added Stern Rail Seats. No room > for the motor or a sling/crane to deploy motor to dinghy > > If you look at the Photos I had the orginial Swim Ladder Hinges > Remade about 9 inches long. The weight of the motor > was displaced over a larger area. Also using Starboard I made a > swinging Motor Mount. Using the winch I was able to deploy the > motor down. The motor pivioted perpindicular to the water. > Cleat it off at the proper height then hoisted onto The Dinghy > Transome. It worked Well. > > http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats/photos/browse/30b3 Thanks Dave Awning: Actually never had to take down the Bimini even though we were in the Trade Winds for a long time.I didn't want to trip over standard Bimini supports that attach to the boat decks. So when I had the stern rail altered for Seats I had the Bimini nade at that time to fit on top of. I was surprised its as strong as it is. Also had the support rails made for Solar Panels on top. But was able to beef up the Battery Banks to 525 Amps so we didn't need Solar panels. See Below We used ice for a fridge for 2 years. A must simpler Lifestyle. We met a lot of cruisers who because they kept pumping Amps into the Batteries they were burning out their batteries and electrical systems. I hade a single Battery Box made of Polyproplene that held (5) 105 Amp in the same spot as the orginal 2 Battery Box System. I added 2 more photos of the Updated Swim Ladder Hinges and Pivot Bracket cl… [at] hotmail.com