To balance the karma, I got 2 good winch handles from the dumpster in Annapolis. They were on top just waiting to find a good home. Joe. Coquina. (Right now charging batteries and watching the 420s)
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 19, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> wrote: > Yup, locking handles stay put. > > Saturday during a short fun race with some inexperienced crew a sheet wrapped > around one of Calypso's classic Barient winch handles. I was grinding in the > light #1 and facing aft (standing over the Barient #36 primary). The load > seemed higher than usual but I attributed that to the poor performance of the > tailer and the less than stellar leeward sheet release. > > When something went BANG in that way that says big $$$ will be needed I > turned around to look for the source. The sheet wrapped around the winch > handle pulled up with enough force to pull the main shaft 1/2 way out of the > Barient #32 secondary winch. I still don't know why the non-racer crew that > was looking right at it did not speak up but that's what you get when racing > with newbies. > > The good news is the shaft and handle stayed in the winch (not overboard) and > I was able to make repairs after the race without donor parts. > > Martin > Calypso > 1970 C&C 43 > Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of OldSteveH > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:49 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Winch Handles > > Winch handles without locking cams should be labelled - "Caution, this handle > is headed for the bottom of the bay - It's only a matter of time". > > Saturday it went into 400 ft of water. When a loop from a reef line plucked > it off the cabintop main winch and gracefully flipped it into the water was > almost like slow motion - nothing you can do about it, but watch. > > Oh well, it was destined for the bottom on the day it was made, now I get to > buy one with a locking cam. > > Have a great day. > > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
