{"id":4115,"date":"2026-07-22T18:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:54:18","slug":"hanging-the-pt-11-on-davits-or-halyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/hanging-the-pt-11-on-davits-or-halyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging the PT 11 on davits or halyards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Users of the PT 11 and PT SPEAR\u00a0 have generously shared their solutions for lifting and hanging their boats on the mother ship. Since I get the question from time to time, it seems best to post these ideas in printable format to inspire or guide others.<\/p>\n

A PT SPEAR on davits is described here in this printable PDF.\u00a0sample lifting points installation PT Spear:11<\/a>\u00a0\"wells-swallow-on-davits2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A PT 11 nesting dinghy gets lifted and hung along the mothership’s gunwale when at anchor or in port described in this printable PDF..\u00a0PT11-BEAN’s-Lifting Bridle idea<\/a><\/p>\n

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PT 11 Nesting Dinghy, “Bean” visiting Deer Harbor, WA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As new photos arrive I will update this page. If you have set your PT 11 or PT SPEAR up for davits or created a sling or halter you are happy with, please send us some pictures! ptwatercraft@gmail.com works best for photos. Use “PT 11 photos” in the subject line.<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/p>\n

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Users of the PT 11 and PT SPEAR\u00a0 have generously shared their solutions for lifting and hanging their boats on the mother ship. Since I get the question from time to time, it seems best to post these ideas in printable format to inspire or guide others. A PT SPEAR on davits is described here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,13,54],"tags":[53,62,27,24,60],"class_list":["post-4115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional","category-nesting_dinghies","category-non-nesting-spear","tag-spear","tag-builder-resources","tag-cruising-dinghy","tag-nesting-dinghy","tag-personalizing-your-boat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}