Marine Travelift Delivers Boat Hoist to Hamble Point Marina

Marine Travelift has delivered a 75 BFMII mobile boat hoist, with a 75-ton lifting capacity to MDL Marinas’ Hamble Point Marina in Southampton, United Kingdom.

The new 75 BFMII is this marina’s fourth mobile boat hoist from Marine Travelift. The marina’s previous units include a 2004 75 BFMII, 1999 35 BFM and 70 BFM. In the 15 years between Hamble Point’s boat hoist purchases, Marine Travelift has been working closely with marinas across the world to get operator feedback and provide the innovative boat handling equipment.

“The greatest enhancement we’ve noticed with the new 75 BFMII Marine Travelift is the optional sailboat top beam extension,” Joe Walton, marina manager at MDL, said. “We now have a much greater clearance for the rigging of yachts and large flybridge motor vessels. This allows us to place all types of boats further into the slings for a better lift of the full vessel.”

Marine Travelift’s rear-sling to top beam clearance ratio allows marinas to offer precise lifts on a variety of vessels with different size riggings. In addition, the unit’s wireless remote control ensures operators of this 75 BFMII can see the lift from all angles and have access to digital machine information, including load data.

All Marine Travelift boat handling equipment now includes remote diagnostics, which allows marinas to Bluetooth machine data in for efficient factory support from the Marine Travelift team. In addition, its worldwide dealer network helps ensure yards have access to local machine service and support.