"DSK" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:
I've seen winch handles jump out of those 'pockets' , hop over the
coaming and do a backflip over the toerail. . You really should
put
them in a locked locker down below.

Are you nuts? Many times I've seen winch handles fall out through
the
cracks in the locker door, fly up the companionway and splash right
into
the briny deep, lost forever. You should keep them under armed guard
in
a bank vault.


yeah, but only on a trawler.