davit arch
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Topic: davit arch
Posted By: jeancharleb
Subject: davit arch
Date Posted: 19 May 2009 at 17:27
Hello guy's and girls, I have just ordered a 470e 2010. A1B1C1. I'm a Canadian more specific in Quebec Montreal. The boat will be in Marseille France on La Cote D'Azur. I want to equip this boat with larg solar panels and also want to hang my dinghy ....to be bought 11 feet with 30 hp on it. All I see in Davits is small ones. What I am asking is , does anybody know a manufacturer that build's larg Arch's, stainless steel constructed with 2 inch tubes? Thank you.
 ------------- Jean Charlebois |
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Posted By: TAIMA
Date Posted: 19 May 2009 at 23:49
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Hi Jean,
just contact the people of Wendel & Rados ( http://www.yachtausruester.de - www.yachtausruester.de / mailto:yachtausruester-WR@t-online.de - yachtausruester-WR@t-online.de ), which is the yachtsupplier on the Hanseboat yard. They did a great job for me in organizing my specially designed stainless steel communication mast. If they cant do it they know who can and all you do is send them your idea or design and I am sure they can take care of this. Where will your boat be delivered?
regards,
------------- Thomas Pollehne Hanse 630/06 TAIMA |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 20 May 2009 at 02:49
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Thanks for the tip I have already written to the adress given to me. I just bought a place in the Old Port of La Marina in Marseille. That permitted me and my wife to buy the Hanse that we saw in Paris.
When I read the forum I find out that quite a few things seem to be wrong with the boat I hope we didn't make a mystake by choosing Hanse. You know its more simple to buy what every body buys. I guess time will tell. Did you have any major problems since you have your boat? Jean ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: bovine
Date Posted: 20 May 2009 at 07:26
| [QUOTE=jeancharleb]Hello guy's and girls, I have just ordered a 470e 2010. A1B1C1. I'm a Canadian more specific in Quebec Montreal. The boat will be in Marseille France on La Cote D'Azur. I want to equip this boat with larg solar panels and also want to hang my dinghy ....to be bought 11 feet with 30 hp on it. All I see in Davits is small ones. What I am asking is , does anybody know a manufacturer that build's larg Arch's, stainless steel constructed with 2 inch tubes? Thank you hi jeancharleb my business is stainless fabrication i can manufacture your davits and arch,but u will need to supply drawings / sketches with sizes.if you give me an email address i can send you lots of pictures of my 430e equiped with my work thanks david |
Posted By: Terry
Date Posted: 20 May 2009 at 08:39
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I have a 430e i would like to see your pic's of your davits can you post them? ------------- Terry "ELYSIUM" 430e |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 20 May 2009 at 16:42
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I would need your email for that
I have made some choices but they are all compromise ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: bovine
Date Posted: 20 May 2009 at 23:47
| [QUOTE=Terry]I have a 430e i would like to see your pic's of your davits can you post them? hi terry i have tried posting pics on here before with little sucess, i am going on holiday at the end of this week when i get back i will post a whole bag of pics. thanks david |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 21 May 2009 at 16:15
Barging in with your arch topic. For my new 470 to come I think my choice has came down to this one found it on nautic expo under the search "bossoir" davit in french------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: lukemi
Date Posted: 21 May 2009 at 17:09
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I just completed installation of KATO Davits on my 370e. I used the smaller 1" dia pipe but I know KATO also builds 2" and larger Davits. I liked the design and easy installation. They seemed to be made just for the Hull design of the 370. Mine was the first 370 they had done. They had pictures of the larger Hanse boats but I did not look at them. If you were to select an East Coast supplier, I would recomment KATO. I tried others and they did not work. I should also note that they make special brackets for Solar Panel mounts across the Davits.
KATO Marine (Colleen Kidwell)
mailto:katomarine@comcast.net - katomarine@comcast.net
Annapolis, Maryland
410-269-1218 (USA)
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Posted By: AnnSea
Date Posted: 21 May 2009 at 23:13
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Hi Lukemi, I've got a 370e and want to mount davits as well. Would there be any chance of you sending a couple of pictures showing how and where the davits are attached to the boat? ------------- Tim AnnSea 370e #418 |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 21 May 2009 at 23:50
For myself I had a davit made in New York and for me it is the ultimate but not easy to finf somebody to buil it. I t could hold 500pounds easy. And my boat got smashed by an Huricane 2 years ago in Treadwell Bay Marina new York where the weather machin of the marina registered 93 miles per hour wind. My dinghy was up on the arch and only the wind indicator on top of the mast got smahed when it hit the dock. Imagine the floors ofthe boat where on the coach...... ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: lukemi
Date Posted: 22 May 2009 at 14:03
Tim, Attached is another photo of the starboard Davit mounting. Note that the main arm of the Davit is attached on a rotating pivit into the transom. There is a 2.5 inch flat space that was perfect for this mount. Two bolts are used to secure this with back mounting plates. These were fairly easy to install. The main weight of the Davit is attached to the existing railing with the black railing mount shown. This railing is also reinforced with the ~45 degree arm back to the forward deck secured with 3 screws and a back plate below. There is a stablizer bar which is NOT shown but fits on top of the two Davits, just above the pully system. This keeps the Davits tight during sailing. KATO makes serveral version of the stablizer bar (Solar Mount, Locking Plate, etc) that can be used depending on your requirements. I am also using a nylon strap just as a secondary support on each end to keep the Dinghy stable during heavy surf. If the Dinghy is NOT desired for a given trip, it can be left behind and the Davits will swing in and be out of the way. Also note the 6/1 pully opton. Normally 4/1, this gives extra strength due to the weight of the engine. Mike
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Posted By: John Allison
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 06:42
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With respect, why compromise the modern open look of your boat by adding this form of structure? Davits that either telescope away (Osculati) or slip in / out (Simpson Laurance) will give you dinghy storage for short hops - and you've more than enough redundant deck space to fit walk on solar panels.
Maybe others see it differently and if so I do apologise, but to add this clobber to the back end of a Hanse not only puts lots of weight just where youll never want it, but IMHO it looks about as good as a tow bar on a 911 Turbo.
Good luck
JOHN
------------- No longer a Hanse owner - but loved the one we had! |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 14:08
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A Beneteau is a Beneteau and ading the structure at the time was as bad as another boat with a nice big arch where you fit everything.
We chose the Hanse for alot of reason and one of them is the incredible look of the boat. The flat cabin the evened out atches and the opened transom. We have found davits to our liking,,,,,,,,,,,but one thing remains How to, not loose my fridge and freezer? Flexible solar panels on the roof will not do the job the wattage is to lo and putting a set of rigid 130watts is a bit of a problem also. I wouldn't want to make holes on roof of the cabin or is it the only way? Our boat is being built in september we still have time to decide all this I will look up the davits you have mentioned Thank you ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: Alain & Anne
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 15:01
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Hi guy's, Why don't you use a genset and a good invertor! Cheaper, reliable and save the 'elegance' of your Hanse? Regarding the dinghy, I don't like sailing with the tender bending over the stern: If I do not use it I store it! And at night I use a halyard to store it over the deck. I reckon it is sometime boring but I prefer sailing my Hanse than driving a fully feature mobil home with some sails on the top. When travelling abroad as we are doing, you can see that most of the boats you meet are carrying huge structure on their stern with solar pannel antennas wind generator.....and most of them are running short of energy.. and the matter is one if not the only one subject of discussions! After nearly one year and some 10000 milles I will keep our options... and save my tiam for sailing a real sailing boat!! Alain ------------- UHAMBO 430e#004 White hull-teck deck-Yanmar 55hp-long range cruising OCC Our blog: www.uhambo.fr |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 15:13
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We ordered a full size generator for different matters like fridge and freezer. But having these equipment working in self sufficiance is still agold.
Having a alot of batterys I wonder how long can we keep the fridge and freezer on a single charge? On my Beneteau I had an Addler Barber fridge and freezer and it was a terrible demand of energy. Having a gen that works hours everyday is not an ecological solution. As far as the davit when you travel with the boat sailing is 5% percent of the time the rest is visiting, that meens going to shore every day...... We will be travelling the Entire Med. I'm glad to have a brain storming on this matter it helps the focus on the real necessity's ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: tbbmarine-1
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 17:21
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Hanse actually fabricated a great arch for my 411. I am not sure they would do this for you, but worth asking. Til supervised the design and construction, and his work was top notch. The arch has built-in davits, supports two 80 watt panels, a radar mount and enough options for other antennas. It also makes a great chinning bar. I have photos but was unsuccesful appending them here. |
Posted By: jeancharleb
Date Posted: 11 June 2009 at 20:10
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Try sending pictures to this mail,
jeancharleb1@gmail.com Very interested John ------------- Jean Charlebois |
Posted By: John Allison
Date Posted: 26 August 2009 at 18:59
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Jean Charles,
Just one last point if you do plan to spend a lot of time in the Med, is to remember most marinas willl see you parked in reverse with entry / exit via a passerell from the transom to the dock.
From our experience it might be worth taking this into consideration when planning a substantial davit / solar panel structure.
Cheers
JOHN ------------- No longer a Hanse owner - but loved the one we had! |