Class approval for lightweight carbon davit

The driving force within each davit structure is a highly innovative, bespoke marinised stainless steel 5t Captive Winch, which has also been designed and engineered by the in-house Rogers team.

Following 2 years of intensive design and rigorous testing, Rogers Advanced Composites (RAC), in conjunction with Rogers Yacht Design (RYD), are now delighted to be able to announce that the davits and winch have been DNV-GL certified to a Safe Working Load (SWL) of 5 tonnes each and a SWL of 10 tonnes in a twin installation. This latest certification adds to RAC’s certification for ISO 9001:2015, JOSCAR and endorses RAC’s commitment to international standards of the highest quality and safety.

The surveyor from DNV-GL commented, “The RAC davits had to lift 2.2 times the safe working load of 5 tonnes in order to be approved, which meant that each davit actually lifted 11 tonnes on test and through a range of angles.”

While these davits are popular for superyacht owners who are looking for larger/heavier tenders or to simply increase stability they have also found buyers for whom weight is equally important in military and commercial marine vessels.

By Jake Frith