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How Important is Sailing to You
Thanks for your good wishes and the invite. I will take you up on it
soon. As for elec. winches, I have Barient 28's and they do just fine. I can't manhaul the sails anymore, but the winches are adequate to the task. Having said that, a low cost and effective alternate is a Milwaukee 3109-24 RT. Angle 18 Volt Drill with 600 inch/lbs of torque or its 28 volt cousin with 1000 inch/lbs. Stick a winch bit in one of those and your good to go. On 30 May 2006 04:25:35 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote: Marc, Sorry to hear about the back troubles, but I'm happy to hear that you're able to sail again. The Freedom is certainly the right boat for someone with back issues. I hope the recovery continues until you're 100%....or at least 95%. It seems everyone has a back injury story. Mine came about when I removed someone 300 lbs + from a club I was working years back. He was dead drunk and I slipped his charge, but mistimed it and got caught. The funny thing is I didn't really know I was badly hurt until days later. I walked around for a couple of days then WHAM!!! Agony! I was in bed for a week....but that led to a very sweet 24 year old waitress taking care of me and other good things. Sometimes the worst pain leads to a great insight. Perhaps an electric winch is in your future? A fellow at my club installed two because his shoulder is bad. Expensive, but he's sailing. Wanna come for a sail soon? Suzanne and Thomas will do the sailing! RB 35s5 NY |
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Not sure how long the handle is on the drill for leverage. The
Winchmaster is long enough though... http://camdenboatstore.com/images/18577_f.jpg On the other hand the price of it is rather hilarious...something like 2500.00 or so! RB 35s5 NY |
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Yeah, I know. But for $400.00 all up, the Milwaukee's handle is almost
as long and works like a charm. Also doesn't have to be hard wired http://www.toolup.com/productinfo.as...&Man=Milwaukee On 30 May 2006 05:31:00 -0700, "Capt. Rob" wrote: Not sure how long the handle is on the drill for leverage. The Winchmaster is long enough though... http://camdenboatstore.com/images/18577_f.jpg On the other hand the price of it is rather hilarious...something like 2500.00 or so! RB 35s5 NY |
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