Kelpie
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Inspired by Lakey's video, I'm thinking of altering how I recover my dinghy. It's a Wayfarer so fairly heavy, and it lives on a steep bank. At present I run a rope to a pulley and then over to the car's tow-bar. This is a reasonable solution but requires a lot of running back and forth between boat and car to make sure it is heading the right direction.
I think I will change to a car-less system that uses a winch mounted on the trolley, so that I can just walk with it up the beach as I wind in the rope. However I think a winch will be a pretty slow way of covering the distance.
I've heard of these things called 'turfers'- would they be a better bet? Presumably that big long handle they have allows much more leverage to be applied.
I think I will change to a car-less system that uses a winch mounted on the trolley, so that I can just walk with it up the beach as I wind in the rope. However I think a winch will be a pretty slow way of covering the distance.
I've heard of these things called 'turfers'- would they be a better bet? Presumably that big long handle they have allows much more leverage to be applied.