I just bought a crab davit and trying to figure out the best place to mount it on my Wellcraft. I was thinking of putting a hole in the top of the gunnal, so all the hardware is hidden. Then I can cap the hole when not in use. Any ideas?
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Mounting a crab davit
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I had a Davit on my 24 and 27 boats.
I put it back, through the Gunn'l, but not so far back that I lost my foot room. I had I/O's with only a foot or so for my feet back there.
Make sure you reinforce under the Gunn'l or you might have a terrible accident where the Gunn'l tears out!
Put the Pot-hauler motor down as low and out of the way as possible. Run a Cable, through wheel pulleys up the davit, and an easy to handle snap swivel at the terminal end.
I was hauling my lines, when I got something heavy hooked up.
The Pot Hauler motor bogged down, the boat heeled over till we had very little free board. Suddenly what ever we had hooked up, slid off the shelf it was resting on and nearly took us down with it as it headed down for deeper water.
One of the boys was quick, and got the boat headed for shallow water and we were lucky that day. The boat dragged that load up onto the shelf again.
It was a 700 Lb King Crab cage.
We had to keep dragging it to shallow water till we got another Grapple into it, the boys pulled it up till I could get the Hooks out of it, and we let it go back to his resting place.
The Boat nearly jumped outta the water when the boys let that thing go.
So....make sure that Davit is well supported!
I put it back, through the Gunn'l, but not so far back that I lost my foot room. I had I/O's with only a foot or so for my feet back there.
Make sure you reinforce under the Gunn'l or you might have a terrible accident where the Gunn'l tears out!
Put the Pot-hauler motor down as low and out of the way as possible. Run a Cable, through wheel pulleys up the davit, and an easy to handle snap swivel at the terminal end.
I was hauling my lines, when I got something heavy hooked up.
The Pot Hauler motor bogged down, the boat heeled over till we had very little free board. Suddenly what ever we had hooked up, slid off the shelf it was resting on and nearly took us down with it as it headed down for deeper water.
One of the boys was quick, and got the boat headed for shallow water and we were lucky that day. The boat dragged that load up onto the shelf again.
It was a 700 Lb King Crab cage.
We had to keep dragging it to shallow water till we got another Grapple into it, the boys pulled it up till I could get the Hooks out of it, and we let it go back to his resting place.
The Boat nearly jumped outta the water when the boys let that thing go.
So....make sure that Davit is well supported!
It is a 22'er.
I was looking at mounting it in the corner at of the gunnel and transom. So I would be kind of pull uo from the back.It would be close to my kicker though. :-( I thought it would be stronger but afraid it would be awkward. I have a I/O so the motor will kinda be in the way. If I mount more to the center of the gunnel there is a recess for gear there that will be in the way.
Thudpucker, I'm not sure what you mean whith the cable. Do you have a pic?
I was looking at mounting it in the corner at of the gunnel and transom. So I would be kind of pull uo from the back.It would be close to my kicker though. :-( I thought it would be stronger but afraid it would be awkward. I have a I/O so the motor will kinda be in the way. If I mount more to the center of the gunnel there is a recess for gear there that will be in the way.
Thudpucker, I'm not sure what you mean whith the cable. Do you have a pic?
SS,
Not sure what type of pot hauler you bought. I use an EZ Hauler manufactured by Cushman in Oregon. I mounted it to the inside of the gunnel on the starboard side just behind the helm seat. The mounts consist of a ring mounted to the inside of a gunnel and "socket" on the deck tyo restrain the bottom of the pole. Both of them have permanent plates that remain in place and the mounts are easily removed by taking out 4 bolts.
This position allows you to easily see the floats as you are maneuvering the boat to them. The corner of the i/o cover makes a perfect spot for the "coiler" to sit while coiling the lines and if you put a rubber mat on top of it, you can land the crab pots there while unloading them.
Let me know if I can provide any additional info. I've been crabbing for the last 4-5 years and have gotten the system down pretty well.
Not sure what type of pot hauler you bought. I use an EZ Hauler manufactured by Cushman in Oregon. I mounted it to the inside of the gunnel on the starboard side just behind the helm seat. The mounts consist of a ring mounted to the inside of a gunnel and "socket" on the deck tyo restrain the bottom of the pole. Both of them have permanent plates that remain in place and the mounts are easily removed by taking out 4 bolts.
This position allows you to easily see the floats as you are maneuvering the boat to them. The corner of the i/o cover makes a perfect spot for the "coiler" to sit while coiling the lines and if you put a rubber mat on top of it, you can land the crab pots there while unloading them.
Let me know if I can provide any additional info. I've been crabbing for the last 4-5 years and have gotten the system down pretty well.