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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:52:04 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:16:26 -0400, Ryk
wrote:

Then again it might just be bad
design that allows the pawls to be inserted in either direction...

Why is that bad design? What is the downside to offering the option.
What I think are cool are the two speed winches.

That reminds me. There was a web journal called "Bumfuzzle" where a
young couple bought a 35' cat in Lauderdale and took off around the
world. They had one class in sailing.
Successful circumnavigation, and an entertaining journal.
Anyway, they were halfway across the Pacific before the Skipper found
out he had 2 speeds on his most often used winch.
No wonder it was so hard to crank.
He was mocked by the armchair guys when he wrote about it, but just
got a kick out of that since he was sailing around the world and they
were ......in their armchairs.
I got the impression 2-speed winches are common.
What little winching I've done was with a 1-speed.

--Vic

I have two of them, both self-tailers on my Sabre. They're great. Makes life
much easier.

I also have two, good-size, one-speed winches on port/starboard on the mast
(main and jib halyards), and one small one-speed for my mainsheet.

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