Electric drive mechanism for boat hoist winch

摘要

In a boat hoist having a platform for raising and lowering a boat by a normally manually rotated circular lift wheel, winch, and cable arrangement, an electrically powered drive motor assembly mounted adjacent the lift wheel and including a drive wheel biased between a position of non-engagement with the lift wheel, and a position of engagement therewith for rotation of the lift wheel, power for the drive motor provided by the DC power source within the boat being moved or by a shore supplied AC power source.