Kathy K came with a trailer winch on the dinghy davit. I use it to hoist the dinghy and outboard motor up to the upper deck. My estimate is that the dinghy weighs 250 lbs. and the motor weighs 80 lbs. By the time I winch the dinghy up about 10' I am worn out. I am looking for an electric hoist or winch to replace the manual trailer winch. I found a snowmobile winch but would rather use one made for the marine environment. Any ideas? Phil Keys Kathy K Willard 36, hull #34 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 philm@keysfamily.org

A couple of months ago I installed a $90 ATV winch on my hoist. Works very well. Just make a waterproof cover for it. Cheers, garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Keys" <philm@keysfamily.org> To: "Trawler World mailing list" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: T&T: Dinghy hoist > Kathy K came with a trailer winch on the dinghy davit. I use it to > hoist the dinghy and outboard motor up to the upper deck. My > estimate is that the dinghy weighs 250 lbs. and the motor weighs 80 > lbs. By the time I winch the dinghy up about 10' I am worn out. > > I am looking for an electric hoist or winch to replace the manual > trailer winch. I found a snowmobile winch but would rather use one > made for the marine environment. > > Any ideas? > > > Phil Keys > Kathy K Willard 36, hull #34 > Port Hadlock, WA 98339 > philm@keysfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006