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Main halyard winch, 1sp. or 2sp?
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message ... While on the subject what do you guys feel is the maximum force you can put on a winch handle? 50 lbs or so for a good sized male. Less for average femals and smaller males. The "generally accepted" formula for determining winch ratio is (SA*6)/35 assuming 35 pounds being the maximum force. With a 500 sq.ft. foretriangle that works out to 86:1 Naaah, somethings wrong with your math or something. Is that the size of your largest sail or the 100% fore triangle area? What's going to be your largest foresail (either J% or sq. ft)? I can make a recommendation based on that - and how big is your wife! -- Evan Gatehouse you'll have to rewrite my email address to get to me ceilydh AT 3web dot net (fools the spammers) |
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