342 Dinghy

Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Can anyone tell me the Brand name of the dinghy brackets and where to get them? West Marine? 
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Weaver davits. You can buy them direct from them. I have a pair I do not need anymore, they are like a 6" length. I can check if you want. I have the stand-off bars too. 

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PM me a picture?
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  • WeberWeber Member Posts: 249 ✭✭✭
    They are expensive but worth it.
    Sin or Swim - Rinker 312
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  • frenchshipfrenchship Member Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭
    Handymans
    if you don't get them I would be interested.
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK Paul
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here are the brackets and the stand offs.  One is fixed at 46" the other is adjustable to 36"max.  You can find them on the Weaver site for more info.  Used probably 2 months at max last summer.

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Will they fit any dinghy?
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, you just need the mating pads that mount on the dinghy. The original dinghy was a Mercury 270 airdeck. These worked with my AB 9.5L RIB too, but I changed davit systems to keep the larger outboard on the dinghy all the time. 

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • WeberWeber Member Posts: 249 ✭✭✭
    With using those extended davits you will want the quick connect brackets if you can, but they may not fit inside your davit cutouts.

    The extended ones become a safety hazard around the swim platform for kids, or adults.  

    Sin or Swim - Rinker 312
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  • CPSMARINECPSMARINE Member Posts: 24 ✭✭
    I have a complete set here I am wanting to sell 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Give more info. 
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    Check here

    http://www.weaverindustries.com/index.cfm/product/69_6/snap-davit-for-inflatable-dinghies-for-swimboard-mount.html

    The mounts pictured at that page would fit the locations on my platform.  I actually gave a set back tot he seller because I didn't need them.  The big glue on patches go on the ding itself.

    2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man thats high dollar
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  • explore7425explore7425 Member Posts: 150 ✭✭✭
    The right thing costs money. It's going to cost about 500.00 in all to do the job. Those davits CPSMARINE is selling are not the right one for your boat. I wouldn't use the set from Black_Diamond either. They stick out way to far. You need the set Stodge posted. 
    Bella Sabrina II  370EC
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks!
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  • JC290JC290 Member Posts: 706 ✭✭✭
    All the money you save with those diesels buy two sets 
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I save more when its still on land under shrinkwrap
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  • Black_DiamondBlack_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
    The ones I posted fit right into the davit mount area on the 342. They are only few inches longer than the 'original' ones. They dinghy will dictate if you need more clearance. My originals with the 270 airdeck had the dinghy rubbing hard to the platform. They extend about 4" from the platform end. 

    With the dinghy mounted, you're f**ked if they are in the way for docking, you'll rip the whole dinghy off the boat. lol. The original ones are 'just as much' a hazard if you will as these are. The removable ones are nice, more money and even more expensive at the bottom of the lake. lol

    Past owner of a 2003 342FV
    PC BYC, Holland, MI
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You all have me totally confused. 
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  • explore7425explore7425 Member Posts: 150 ✭✭✭
    All I can tell you is I had a 342 for years. I had the weaver davits mounted in the depressions in the swim platform and the pads mounted on the dinghy below the rub rail. It worked flawlessly. Just make sure your dinghy is not bigger than your beam. This will cause problems parking. Stodge posted the right davits for your boat. CPSMARINE's are for a hard boat and a different swim platform set up. Black_Diamond's are too long for your boat. They will work but you will hate them when you are rafted up and people are swimming. Weaver does have removeable receivers but they will not fit the depressions. Your boat was built for the exact davits that Stodge posted. 
    Bella Sabrina II  370EC
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  • WeberWeber Member Posts: 249 ✭✭✭
    I agree with explore7425, use the correct ones that your swim platform was designed to use.  You will be much happier.  I have them on my boat and they work excellent.
    Sin or Swim - Rinker 312
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Explore, thanks but I wont have to park. I will just drop anchor off Key West, unhook the dinghy  Sweeeeetttt
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Or as JC and Raybo said, with my motors I can just tow the Dinghy.  >:)
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  • JC290JC290 Member Posts: 706 ✭✭✭
    With love handy with love
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,617 admin
    Hey Handy do you have a diesel outboard for your Dinghy???? 
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes I do
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  • raybo3raybo3 Administrator Posts: 5,617 admin
    Really??? What size is it?
    2002 342 Fiesta Vee PC Point Of Pines YC Revere MA. popyc.org     raybo3@live.com
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  • StodgeStodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭
    We have a center console RIB that weighs about 400lbs so I can't put it on the platform.  Most of the davit solutions are rated for 350lbs or less, not to mention I don't think that much weight on the back of the boat will help me get on plane.

    Most times the admiral drives the ding and meets me wherever we going for the weekend.  I have a 50 foot tow bridle I got from Top Knot that works well too.

    We mostly need a ding because our little dog will not do her business on the platform.  Tried a number of methods to get her to go there, but no luck.  I've been thinking of picking up a small ding with a small motor for the times we will be on the hook (most weekends) for her trips to land.  The RIB is for when we want to anchor the big boat then travel around the bays.   

    Anybody have tips for getting a dog to do their biz on the platform?

    2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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  • Handymans342Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How is that OB Ray? LOL
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