[dan@superstamper.com]

   
           
For all those 400 express owners struggling to come up with a viable davit system I wanted to share my solution.  Just finished installation and can't wait for spring to give it a try.

[egstasea]

Interesting, I have a few questions of questions:
1. Do you take the arm off after you stow the dinghy?
2. How is the cradle mounted? toggle bolts? or did you find the stringers? or major surgery to put in a backing plate?
3. who makes the cradle? is it removeable?

[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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