A davit was a special form of crane system used on ships to hold or carry a ship's boat, that being smaller utility boats, such as skiffs[1] or launches.[2] This allowed such boats to be safely lowered into the water and more easily recovered. They came in several sizes, suitable for different sizes of boats.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard Baker, Joseph D. Carriker, Jr., Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (August 2005). Stormwrack. Edited by John D. Rateliff, John Thompson. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-7869-3689-4.
- ↑ Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Jeff Quick, and James Wyatt (March 2003). Arms and Equipment Guide 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7869-2649-7.