Hobie 16: Lifting over a sea wall

Any thoughts on lifting a Hobie 16 over a sea wall. Would a davits work? Are there lifting points on the Cat? Are there areas of the boat I should avoid lifting from? Or would a sling slid under the hulls be necessary? how far apart should the davits be? I would appreciate any ideas. The *&^%$ DEC made me remove by seaward side launch platform and now I can't go sailing. Help!

Lots of information is missing here. 1.) Is the seawall like a bulkhead with the ground level with the top of the wall? 2.)If not how high will you need to pick up the boat? 3.) If so how wide is the seawall? 4.) Can you attach a lifting device to the wall? 5.) Do you have electricity nearby? or do you need a manual lifting system?
6.) How far is the water down from the top of the seawall?

A simple lifting/swiveling gin pole setup would work. I can also be done manually. Your base support would be critical obviously, but the H16 is pretty light.

A few answers to the above questions could get you a solution.

Clayton

The guy I bought my cat from lived on a river with a sea wall, he used long planks something like 2x10's with that green carpeting nailed to it and just slid it down, then put away when not in use.

I saw a setup that was similar to what palmwolfe describes.

Carpet wrapped 2x12's that were put in and out of the water. They had a "pin" (actually a short pipe) that kept the boards from sliding down off the wall into the water and buried a post a short distance inland from the wall. The post had a trailer crank mounted to it and was used to pull the boat up the ramps. When they were done, they put the 2x12's on dry land. The DNR didn’t harass them because it wasn't a fixed or permanent launch site.

Thanks for your responses.

It is a bulkhead with the ground behind the seawall more or less even with the sea wall. there is a drop ranging from 6-8 feet on the seward side of the wall. the wall is the newer fiberboard material and there are no pilings. ( the new seawall was built directly in fornt of the old) i do not think it is suitable for attaching anything of significance to it. the top of the seawall is about 12 inches wide. i thought about somehow attaching a 2x12 to the seawall and then attaching a davit to the 2x12 but that might damage the sea wall and i do not want to do that.

I have some 2x12x20s as a ramp and i did buy a winch as someone has suggested but 20 foot run over an 8 foot drop seems too steep. i like this idea though as was pointed out it is temporary and the DEC would not object.

for electricity i could run extension cords down there and could get power at some point if necessary.

also i have the seitech beach dolly. would it be easier to put the dolly on the ramps using the winch? or easier to put the hulls directly on the ramp?

While keeping my boat on the beach, I set up a winch mounted on a 2 x 8 sunk in the sand with concrete. Got 75' of cable and used it to drag the boat back up to the parking area of the sand. It will be a bit tougher on your home made ramp but should work okay. Add rollers to the ramp!

Sheldon