Frank Langer
1984 Ericson 30+, Nanaimo, BC
Hi,
I need to hoist my 8 foot walker bay dinghy from the dock onto the foredeck of my boat. I would like to use my spinnaker halyard tied to the bow hook to raise the boat off the dock so I can then swing it over the lifelines onto the foredeck to store it. The dinghy weighs about 70 lbs, and I'm wondering if it will simply be 70 lbs of weight on the spinnaker halyard, or whether there are any other "engineering" considerations that I need to take into account--like the fact that the spinnaker halyard goes over the sheave at the masthead, the height of the mast, etc. I would like to do this, but don't want to break the masthead sheave.
Thanks for any tips.
Frank
I need to hoist my 8 foot walker bay dinghy from the dock onto the foredeck of my boat. I would like to use my spinnaker halyard tied to the bow hook to raise the boat off the dock so I can then swing it over the lifelines onto the foredeck to store it. The dinghy weighs about 70 lbs, and I'm wondering if it will simply be 70 lbs of weight on the spinnaker halyard, or whether there are any other "engineering" considerations that I need to take into account--like the fact that the spinnaker halyard goes over the sheave at the masthead, the height of the mast, etc. I would like to do this, but don't want to break the masthead sheave.
Thanks for any tips.
Frank