Looks like I didn’t follow a version of the old adage “measure twice, drill once”.  If we had of purchased the right dingy initially, we would not be going through replacing the dingy davit.  We are fortunate in that our Mainship broker, Don Ross of Heritage Yachts came to our rescue with the idea of replacing our Rosskelley ST-275 dingy hoist with a Sea Wise manual hoist (to be replaced by their electric model in January of 2010).  In its final form, the Admiral will be able to push a button and raise or lower the dingy without using any muscle.  We researched the Sea Wise Slim Line Hydraulic system which is a bit pricey and decided to go with the manual/upgrade to the Electric system at about half the cost.  We will try to sell the Rosskelley ST-275 to offset some of the new cost.  We meet with Don and his installer this week to take a hard look at the swimstep on the Makai to see how the new davit will be installed.

October 21, 2009

Met with Don and Don from Heritage Yachts at the slip and they took all of the necessary measurements required to install the  Sea Wise Davit.  Don Ross is now a distributor for Sea Wise.