Yes the mount has to be incredibly robust attached to a well built stern rail or the boat itself. And the mount should be as low as possible as well to minimize leverage if hit by a wave and designed with a quick release. I am sure there are proven designs out there.
As a general observation...cabin top mounts are constantly being hit by waves that your sailing into causing much increased forces. While stern wave boarding forces may/should be mitigated by your going with the wind... No perfect solutions out there...you take your shots and have fun. David F. Risch 1981 40 (401) 419-4650 (cell) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 10:00:56 -0600 To: dziedzi...@hotmail.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Mounting Liferaft on a 41 From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com That would be mine concern, as well. The time you’ll need the raft is when the $#!+ has really hit the fan; and at that point, most of your rail-mounted stuff will have already been washed off the boat. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:I am probably stating the obvious, but from what I have read so far, the critical thing is how you mount the raft. Many people got the rafts blown away by waves (water), especially in knock downs. The forces in play are substantially higher than almost anything we normally imagine. Marek _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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