[dan@superstamper.com]

The crane "arm" does not get taken off. It pivots out to lift and place the dinghy. It's high enough to clear the open trunk. I made the cradle myself. I own a manufacturing company so I have all the machines and tools required. I used a modified version of the VersaChock deck mounts. Again, I have a metal shop so I was able to fabricate much larger backing plates and install them the same way VersaChock does theirs. once I had the holes in the platform I plugged them with a plate on the bottom held up by a wire and poured that epoxy that is for fixing rotted wood so it was absorbed by the core material. Maybe not an engineered solution but I think it will work. I'll follow up with more info once I'm in the water. Which may not be until July the way Midwest weather is going!

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