"Rich Hampel" wrote in message
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Barlows winches arrrrrrrrrrrrgh
I have scars across my eyebrow and forehead ( ~12 stitches) from a
Barlow that spun loose from the spindle.

Interestingly, the same thing happened to me on my next boat- a Barlow 16
came off the mast as I was tailing- missed me but bounced onto a solar panel
shattering it. Those winches I replaced.

Peter HK