How to Best hoist, carry and handle large heavy dingis?

[Ibetitsthisway]

I want to bring a large dingi With me.
My own tug boat. A fast cummuter.
A small seaworthy boat of its own.
4 to 5m 50-100hp.


How to handle?
Is it stupid to carry a boat on davids which is longer than the motherships beam?
How much can the rigg hoist?

Any one here With a large dingi?

[ranger58sb]

Maybe not "stupid" but you'd probably be increasing complexity and the required effort needed to launch and recover. And the cost of a well-designed/installed davit system. And imagine backing into a 4-way slip or Med-mooring, with piles or boats on either side of you, bouncing your dinghy off something (neighbors won't thank you for that).

How much might it weigh? What kind of mechanism would you need to lift that? What kind of davit system would you need to support that, especially while underway? Would it change the trim of your mother ship? And so forth...

Towing could be an option... although that comes with its own issues too.

Why so large? Why so much horsepower? (I usually can't run our 15 hp/3m RIB at full speed; its too fast for choppy water, and flat water in harbors is often speed-limited...)

-Chris

[psk125]

Sounds like you’re talking about a workboat, rather than a dinghy. Something that you could hoist aboard with a crane like this one: https://www.umtmarine.com/index.php/...hocks/h-series
and stow upright on deck so it didn’t catch waves. If you’re expecting to use it in 120 knot windstorms you may want one with a pilothouse or cabin, like this:
Center Consoles | Metal Shark
so your mothership will need to be sized accordingly.