Re: Boat lift - Is size OK
if this is a wet slip hoist for a boathouse, probably ok
if an outdoor lift, I'd go with 2800 minimum and probably 3200
according to iboats, it weighs 2000 pounds
http://boatspecs.iboats.com/Sunbird__Corsica_175__1990/bp/66b90379
but I have an 18 footer on a 10,000lb capacity railway... I'm a fan of going huge on lifts... I've seen rainstorm + plug left in crumple an aluminum lift into a pretzel that a boat had to be sawed out of.
I'm actually a fan of railways over lifts any day, but not everyone has the right real estate for a railway.