Ryan
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I believe the first post, might be considered advertising....
and that was not an attack....
and that was not an attack....
44 DA Sundancer Hydraulic Platform install
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dpmulvey
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- Dec 19, 2007
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My bad and my apologies. I did not read who the first post was from. I assumed (another bad thing) it was from a CSR member who was posting about the installation and mentioned the installers company name.
Gomenasai.
- Feb 4, 2007
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- 1996 450DA, TNT, Caribe dink w/15hp OB.
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Can't they make a lift where the cylinders don't sit in salt water?
osd9
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Dom's Dinghy Davits.......!!!:grin:
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Larry
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- Oct 19, 2006
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- Feb 4, 2007
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- 1996 450DA, TNT, Caribe dink w/15hp OB.
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My dinghy weighs like 400 lbs. Does your Davits come with a warranty?
- Feb 4, 2007
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- 1996 450DA, TNT, Caribe dink w/15hp OB.
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Like this?
How would that mount to a boat? it looks like it's for a dock.
quality time
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I spied a set of "Dom's dinghy davits" at my marina this weekend on a 340. No doubt a member here.
osd9
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You will need the transom trunk mounted Girlyman Option...(I've heard it called the "gary" around the docks)....
Carver370
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- Mar 30, 2007
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Has anybody ever seen the way Formyla does their lift systems? All of the equipment to make the system move is inside the boat.
- Feb 4, 2007
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- 1996 450DA, TNT, Caribe dink w/15hp OB.
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I've never seen a formula with a lift.
Carver370
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Lots of them around here. You can see the only thing that is in the water is the bottom of the ram that goes back up into the boat. Nothing securing the platform under water at all. You have probably seen a lot of them, but they don't look like an afterthought like some do.
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- Feb 4, 2007
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Those look great. I wonder how they work. That's also some serious prop pockets on those boats.
Carver370
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Its a gear drive system on both the rams that you see on the outer sides. If you get down in the engine room of one you can see how it works. Why Sea Ray and other manufacturers aren't doing this boggles my mind.
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- Nov 12, 2006
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A marina near where I keep my boat just became a Formula dealer. They have a 40PC and 45Yacht with that lift system. Minimal metal below the waterline and the hydraulics are well above. Not sure what it looks like with the platform down, but it still must be years ahead of what the other guys are doing.
Oh yeah, and the boats also have the superior Volvo IPS drives. Now that the stupid "Formula Advantage" must be dead, dead, dead, maybe they're pricing their boat sanely. Would also be nice if they did something for the interiors, too. Darned interiors are about as warm, comfortable, and inviting as a doctor's waiting room.
Best regards,
Frank C
Oh yeah, and the boats also have the superior Volvo IPS drives. Now that the stupid "Formula Advantage" must be dead, dead, dead, maybe they're pricing their boat sanely. Would also be nice if they did something for the interiors, too. Darned interiors are about as warm, comfortable, and inviting as a doctor's waiting room.
Best regards,
Frank C
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My comments are to the original topic of this thread from 2 points of view.
1. As an owner of a boat worth something close to $1,000,000 wouldn't the owner want to know how an installer is going to perform their work? In other words what is my (guessing $10-15K in cash buying me) right down to the details of how the installer is going to treat making my transom look like swiss cheese?
2. As an installing professional working on close to a $1,000,000 boat, why not charge a few bucks more to make it a 2 day install and do it BETTER then just gooing the holes with $15 dollars worth of 5200. If I had the kind of cash to buy and afford to maintain such a beast, this added cost would be peanuts to said budget.
1. As an owner of a boat worth something close to $1,000,000 wouldn't the owner want to know how an installer is going to perform their work? In other words what is my (guessing $10-15K in cash buying me) right down to the details of how the installer is going to treat making my transom look like swiss cheese?
2. As an installing professional working on close to a $1,000,000 boat, why not charge a few bucks more to make it a 2 day install and do it BETTER then just gooing the holes with $15 dollars worth of 5200. If I had the kind of cash to buy and afford to maintain such a beast, this added cost would be peanuts to said budget.
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Skip
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"Overkill" is precisely what I am looking for when it comes to making holes below the waterline in a boat I intend to keep for a while.
