Homemade Davits

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:23 pm

I made these davits out of PVC lumber from HD at a cost of $125.00 had to buy a router

so it was another $110.00 The PVC lumber can be glued together just like pipe. I reenforced the bottom of them with 1/4 harden aluminum flat bar put two pcs. in for a total of 1/2. The brackets are 1/4" harden aluminum angle. I'll zinc them then paint with Bright sides to match the boat. They're 48" long and 3" wide I tried to bend them and couldn't. Also tested some extra that I glued with a 5lb hammer...I lost.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

if the facebook didn't work try this

http://s852.beta.photobucket.com/user/t ... ary/Davits

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:51 pm

Looks good

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:02 pm

Tony, very nice- good job!

jordan · Post by **jordan** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:19 pm

Nice job! Look great.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:32 pm

Nice goin' Tony

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:13 am

Thanks guys, now on to the tabs...

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:05 pm

They look nice but I'll be honest, I have no idea where they go or how they work. Are they davits or cradles that go on the swim platform. I think I might have missed a earlier post about this project.

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:21 pm

[quote="summer storm"]They look nice but I'll be honest, I have no idea where they go or how they work. Are they davits or cradles that go on the swim platform. I think I might have missed a earlier post about this project.[/quote]

Cradles, They'll go on my swim platform. That project starts in a few days. I'm adding 18" to it.

summer storm · Post by **summer storm** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:44 pm

OK, I get it now. The cradle pivots on the swim platform to allow the tender to go in. Cool

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:08 pm

I'll update as each project as it goes along, someone kept poking me to so I will

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:27 pm

alexander38 wrote:I'll update as each project as it goes along, someone kept poking me to so I will

Sort of like a pig in a poke...?

cmcmjk · Post by **cmcmjk** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:53 am

Here are a few manufacturers of that style. I've considered building them for myself. I might have to try now!

http://www.hurleymarine.com/Davit.html

http://trickdavit.com/

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:32 pm

[quote="cmcmjk"]Here are a few manufacturers of that style. I've considered building them for myself. I might have to try now!

http://www.hurleymarine.com/Davit.html

http://trickdavit.com/[/quote]

Did them in two days, maybe 7 hrs of work total ...

Jamie....BITE ME...!

cmcmjk · Post by **cmcmjk** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:44 pm

alexander38,

Did you find solid PVC lumber at Home Depot? Everything I have found here has been "celluar core". I was going to use Starboard HDPE sheet but it's much more expensive than what you used.

If you still have the receipt could you give me the SKU# (barcode#)?

Did you make the pivot brackets and do you have any advice there?

For what its worth, I was going to mount the pivots on arms that slide into a "receiver" type mount below our swim platform. This would give us the platform depth needed without extending the platform. We fish using downriggers so a larger platform would not work for us and the ability to remove everything to fish is a priority for us.

Thanks for any ino you can share.

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:03 pm

Tony,

What kind of hoist system are you going to use to get the dinghy onto the davits and then onto the platform? How are you going to set it up on your design of boat?
Comment: Having experienced the effort required using a Hurley davit on my F32, I quickly found the video of a pretty young thing lifting what must have been a very light RIB to be quite misleading.