lifting

I have a hoist available that can put my boat on a trailer without unstepping the mast. Has anyone installed a lifting eye so that slings don't have to be used? If so, how. Most boats that I've seen thread on to a keel bolt, but this can't be done on an E-23. The other hoist in our marina...

I finally made a three-line bridle to lift the dinghy on board (and into the water). Why did I wait so long ? It made getting the dinghy back on board a 30-second "crank the spinnaker winch" exercise. I simply spliced three carbine hooks onto three 8' one quarter inch lines and then...

Unfortunately I don't live near a marina with a travel lift and the closest one is about two hours away. Fortunately I have a friend who is a crane operator and got us access to the crane at a local construction company. At the time there was only one on the lot with 76 ton lifting capacity...