Lobster trap davit

A pivotable davit for hauling a load from water onto a gunwale of a boat comprising

• a. a hoist arm having a tip end and a base end, said tip end being adapted to receive a hoist line;
• b. a perpendicularly extending member which is fixedly attached to the hoist arm at the base end and extends essentially perpendicular to the extension of the hoist arm, said perpendicularly extending member being pivotably attached to the gunwale of the boat such that the perpendicularly extending member is able to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the hoist arm;
• c. a cam fixedly attached to the perpendicularly extending member sufficiently distant from the hoist arm to allow relatively free access around the hoist arm between the hoist arm and cam;
• d. an actuating means movably attached to the cam such that movement of the actuating means rotates the perpendicularly extending member around its axis and pivots the hoist arm, thereby adapting the hoist arm to hoist the load onto the gunwale of the boat by the pivoting motion;
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• e. a drawing means attached to the base end of the hoist arm and extending rearwardly therefrom such that the drawing means is under the hoist arm when the load has been hoisted onto the gunwale, said drawing means being adapted to receive and draw the hoist line across the tip end of the hoist arm.