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lifting eyes on a montauk
mtlbigfish	#1  Posted on 08/05/08 - 9:55 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 25 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/10/08	Are the stock bow and stern lifting eyes on a 17 montauk strong enough to lift the boat on a crane launch? Or do I need to reinforce them? I use lifting straps now, but it would be a lot easier for attach the crane to the eyes. Any reccomendations would be appreciated.
Tom W Clark	#2  Posted on 08/05/08 - 10:49 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 4280 Comments: 7 Joined: 09/30/05	They are more then strong enough. That is what they were made for and why they are called "lifting eyes."
wrangler	#3  Posted on 08/06/08 - 10:07 AM
Member Posts: 264 Comments: 0 Joined: 03/14/08	When I was stationed in Pt. Pleasant NJ. I lived at a waterfront house with a single davit. It had a steel bar with 2 cables and hooks aft and 1 forward. I hooked the forward one to the fwd eye and the 2 aft to port and stbd and lifted it up and in the water and then up to the bulkhead and on the ground. No modifications were necessary to the boat. This was done over 2 years. The boat never had a problem, I had a full fuel tank, but never people during launch. The lifting eyes worked as designed.