The SCHD davit is a freestanding deck mounted davit consisting of a davit arm, a flange/pedestal, a hydraulic driven slewing ring, an electric driven winch and an integrated hydraulic power pack unit.
The system is suitable for safe and efficient launching and recovery of a fully manned rescue boat against unfavourable conditions of trim of up to 10 degrees and a list of up to 20 degrees either way.

Slewing out the fully manned rescue boat from its stowed position into launch position is realised by means of accumulated power obtained from a self-containing hydraulic power pack unit.
The slewing motion is actuated from within the rescue boat by means of a remote control pull wire.
Lowering is realised by means of gravity. The lowering motion can be controlled in two ways, either by means of a remote control pull wire from within the rescue boat or by lifting the brake handle of the winch directly.
Recovery of the rescue boat with its crew is realised by using the electric driven winch.
In case of a power failure or malfunctioning of the electric system, hoisting can also be done manually by using the crank handle of the winch.

Since the safe working load and outreach of the davit are normally determined by the size of the rescue boat, NED-DECK MARINE have chosen for a limited range of standard designs which can be adapted to some extent in order to meet individual and specific needs.

The SCHD series meets the latest IMO/SOLAS requirements and LSA Code as well as the European Council Directive 96/98 EC on Marine Equipment (M.E.D.).