Easily Lift a Dinghy Outboard Onto a Sailboat

A safe EZ way to lift your dinghy's outboard.

Steps

1. Attach a snatch block to the end of your boom.
2. Tie dinghy so that the outboard sits under the end of the boom, when boom is held over the water.
3. Attach lifting line to outboard, run through snatch block and cleat line(to prevent outboard dropping into sea).
4. Loosen outboard mounts and raise outboard with lifting line. When outboard clears deck, swing inboard and lower.

Tips

• This is easiest with 2, but 1 can do it.

Warnings

• Be sure to cleat lifting line and prevent accidentally dropping in sea.
• Use safe lift techniques...Do NOT get directly under lift,Use control lines if needed, watch for wave induced swinging of load.

References

• Mare Liberum

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