Lakesailor
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Oh! Don't start a Col Regs debate at this stage in the thread.
Winch, what is it good for?
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scottie
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could also be an anchor winch but which anchor is best suited
ianat182
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Try devising a Man Overboard /dinghy retrieval setup for your boat. Hate seeing gear going to waste.
Try remounting it aft, may be useful if ever you need to lift the inboard ,or a heavy outboard engine in/out.
The anchor suggestion may not be such a bad idea (I know it was tongue in cheek!) especially if using a lot of rope as opposed to chain, and also help break it out - with reinforcing added to the deck area (or mounted on the large centre cleat or samson post in that area.
ianat182
Try remounting it aft, may be useful if ever you need to lift the inboard ,or a heavy outboard engine in/out.
The anchor suggestion may not be such a bad idea (I know it was tongue in cheek!) especially if using a lot of rope as opposed to chain, and also help break it out - with reinforcing added to the deck area (or mounted on the large centre cleat or samson post in that area.
ianat182
Searush
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FFS
Why not use it as designed - and as I explained somewhere near the start of this now silly thread?
The winch is for the jib halliard which is cleated off after it & left round the winch. The main is houisted by hand & tensioned by pulling down the boom in its slider on the mast.
Why not use it as designed - and as I explained somewhere near the start of this now silly thread?
The winch is for the jib halliard which is cleated off after it & left round the winch. The main is houisted by hand & tensioned by pulling down the boom in its slider on the mast.
Ubergeekian
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That's just how it works on the Jouster, also a 21' Westerly, although in that case both halyards are led back to the cockpit and the single winch, for the jib, is beside the hatch.