"The Wincher"
From my limited experience on friends boats, they are not really effective
as a 'Self tailer'. You generally still have to tail with your free hand.
However, the seem to work briefly for gripping the line until you get a
chance to cleat it. If there were some sort of stripper in this setup then
they might work for self tailing.
I have also observed that the rubber eventually deteriorated from long (I
don't know how long) exposure to the sun and weather.
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My opinion and experience. FWIW
Steve
s/v Good Intentions
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