Recommendations for Davits for 310 DA Sundancer with 8'6" Dinghy

[gpopp]

I recently purchased a 2013 Sundancer 310 DA and my wife and I love it. We plan to do some anchoring with beach trips so we purchased a 8'6" Archillies Hypolon with a 5HP Honda outboard. My challenge now is how to haul the dinghy and motor. Here is the challenge. The 2013 Sundancer does not have much of a swim platform and there are two hatches for storage right where I would normally install maybe Weaver Davits. Not sure the lids will support the davits and weight of the Dinghy. I purchased an inflatiable floor Dinghy so the weight is as lite as I can purchase.

Does anyone have suggestions or possibly have and solved this issue with thier Sundancer? I would also need a place to store the 5HP honda.

Weaver looks to be the best option but in what configuration. Also it will be a pain to lift up and down each time I need to get on and off the boat. I tried to attach a picture to give you an idea of the challenge.

Greg

 

[Nick70]

You probably came up with a solution by now but, I'm also trying to figure out the same thing. I think I'm going with the dinghy sling by Harbormen. Check them out..pretty interesting and a lot less $.
by the way, what do you think of the 5hp with your dinghy? I'm getting the same kind of dinghy and have been advised to get a 10hp which seems almost overkill.
thanks and hope you had good luck!

 

[AFD]

Anyone telling you to go with a 10hp on an 8'6" dinghy is an idiot. The transom probably wouldn't even support that kind of power. Most achilles under 10' aren't even rated for 8hp MAX with most being 6hp MAX

 

[NotHerDecision]

Subscribed. I bought a 8'4" mercury RIB and am looking for suggestions. I'm leaning toward a Hurley h2o right now but am open to any ideas. Mine is rated for a 5hp so I'm also looking for that


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