Lifting Eyes

[Andy Moore]

What are the best design of lifting eyes?

[Ribshop]

what for?

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by Ribshop

what for?

For lifting a RIB in and out.

[Ribshop]

lol, yes but what are you lifting in and out.

[Simon B]

There will be loads of good specification eyes to choose from out there but how that is fitted into the vessel is another thing.

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by Ribshop

lol, yes but what are you lifting in and out.

Oh, I see! An Avon 620 with a Merc 135.

[Ribshop]

We do these quite a bit, the best way is two 10mm u bolts through the transom pointing inwards about 3 inches off the deck, then replace the silly little 6 or 8 mm bow eye with a 10mm and put a eye nut on one of the threads in the bow locker, that way you have a three point lift.

Sea sure are a good quality u bolt and available at most chandlers.

[Andy Moore]

Originally Posted by Ribshop

We do these quite a bit, the best way is two 10mm u bolts through the transom pointing inwards about 3 inches off the deck, then replace the silly little 6 or 8 mm bow eye with a 10mm and put a eye nut on one of the threads in the bow locker, that way you have a three point lift.

Sea sure are a good quality u bolt and available at most chandlers.

Hey, that sounds like a neat way of doing things. It avoids having to screw in to the deck, right?

[Ribshop]

Originally Posted by Andy Moore

Hey, that sounds like a neat way of doing things. It avoids having to screw in to the deck, right?

You got it, keep it simple!

[Simon B]

Nice one Ribshop, I can feel a project coming on, presumably the D ring is vertical on the transom.