Welcome!
 

Simple Simon wrote:

Thanks Thom. Good eye!

I got tired of the rotten wood a couple of years ago and made
the seats/locker hatches out of 3/4" Star Board® which is a plastic
guaranteed for life.

Makes one wonder why the hatches weren't made out of a suitable material in the first place.


Expensive as hell but worth it. I will never
have to maintain rotting wood hatches again. Between the two
hatches there is 250 dollars of plastic.

Thus doubling the value of your vessel.

(including the cost to
have them custom cut and beveled.

What, don't you know how to cut a bevel?

DSK

Welcome!
 

On a 27-footer any sailor is not a real man unless he can
haul all but the last couple feet of sheet even on a 170
percent genny by strength of leg, chest, arm and hand.
The sheet winches are only needed for that last few
stubborn feet.

Given the circumference of the drum of about 8 inches
it only takes three revolutions to take up a couple feet. That
translates to six half revolutions. Big deal, man!

The Bimini frame stays exactly where I put it so go ****
yourself. Worry about your own boat, that is if you even
have one.

S.Simon


"Marc" wrote in message ...
Ratcheting winches are a useful feature. A. bimini which prevents the
360* sweep of your winch handle is bad design. And don't even begin to
tell me you never used the high speed 360* sweep to bring in
moderately loaded genoa sheet fast.....wait a minute... you don't have
a two speed self tailing winch. You're entombed in a Coranado. My bad.


On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:03:34 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:

What's your problem? Never ratcheted a winch?

When you work on your engine do you not take
out any bolt or nut where you cannot turn the
ratchet handle 360º?

Why do winches ratchet in the first place?


"Marc" wrote in message ...
Thats it! You are insane. Only possible explanation.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:45:16 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:

Hey, stupid, don't you know that winches ratchet?

Only an idiot turns a winch 360 degrees so he can
fall overboard doing it or lose the handle overboard.

S.Simon


"DSK" wrote in message ...
"Bobsprit" wrote
Welcome, my friends! Welcome to Jurassic Winch!

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Simple Simon wrote:
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?

The most beautiful thing about it is that the winch handle can't be turned because of the bimini.
Obviously this winch never gets used to trim a sheet, which is hardly surprising on a boat that never
sails.

DSK

Welcome!
 

Get the ones that float, then you have plenty of opportunity
to practice MOB drills.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
True but one bump on the button or latch and
off they go . . .


"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
Winch handles, at least most modern ones, lock in the winch.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Hey, stupid, don't you know that winches ratchet?

Only an idiot turns a winch 360 degrees so he can
fall overboard doing it or lose the handle overboard.

S.Simon


"DSK" wrote in message
...
"Bobsprit" wrote
Welcome, my friends! Welcome to Jurassic Winch!

http://captneal.homestead.com/files/winche.jpg



Simple Simon wrote:
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?

The most beautiful thing about it is that the winch handle can't be
turned because of the bimini.
Obviously this winch never gets used to trim a sheet, which is
hardly
surprising on a boat that never
sails.

DSK

Welcome!
 

You don't need strength as any competent sailor knows; you
need timing. We never use a winch handle on the Catalina 27.

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
On a 27-footer any sailor is not a real man unless he can
haul all but the last couple feet of sheet even on a 170
percent genny by strength of leg, chest, arm and hand.
The sheet winches are only needed for that last few
stubborn feet.

Given the circumference of the drum of about 8 inches
it only takes three revolutions to take up a couple feet. That
translates to six half revolutions. Big deal, man!

The Bimini frame stays exactly where I put it so go ****
yourself. Worry about your own boat, that is if you even
have one.

S.Simon


"Marc" wrote in message
...
Ratcheting winches are a useful feature. A. bimini which prevents the
360* sweep of your winch handle is bad design. And don't even begin to
tell me you never used the high speed 360* sweep to bring in
moderately loaded genoa sheet fast.....wait a minute... you don't have
a two speed self tailing winch. You're entombed in a Coranado. My bad.


On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:03:34 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:

What's your problem? Never ratcheted a winch?

When you work on your engine do you not take
out any bolt or nut where you cannot turn the
ratchet handle 360º?

Why do winches ratchet in the first place?


"Marc" wrote in message
...
Thats it! You are insane. Only possible explanation.

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:45:16 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:

Hey, stupid, don't you know that winches ratchet?

Only an idiot turns a winch 360 degrees so he can
fall overboard doing it or lose the handle overboard.

S.Simon


"DSK" wrote in message
...
"Bobsprit" wrote
Welcome, my friends! Welcome to Jurassic Winch!

http://captneal.homestead.com/files/winche.jpg



Simple Simon wrote:
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?

The most beautiful thing about it is that the winch handle can't
be turned because of the bimini.
Obviously this winch never gets used to trim a sheet, which is
hardly surprising on a boat that never
sails.

DSK