Bob,
With all due respect, floating winch handles seem like a great idea. I
actually have one on my boat, although no one uses it. They all like the
Lewmar and Harken handles better. If we dropped a floating handle over the
side while racing, I'm not going back for it, so it is as good as gone.
Even while cruising, I doubt that you could find/recover one. This Sunday
my wife got up and her cockpit cushion fell over the side. It's off-white
and 18"x36". We noticed it within minutes, but spent twenty minutes coaming
the river for it. It was nearly impossible to see, even though it floats
fairly high in the water. It was blowing 15-20 kts, so we had some white
caps, which added to our difficulty. Just when I was about to give up, we
found it. I hated to think of the $ to buy another one. This one was
already a replacement for the previous one that went overboard.
Jake
Jake Brodersen
C&C 35 Mk-III
Midnight Mistress
Hampton VA
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From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Moriarty
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:59 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Winch Handles
I have one of these:
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_11151_10001_1112
0_-1?ci_src=14110944
<http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_11151_10001_111
20_-1?ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11120&cid=sc_googlepla&device=c&network=g&match
type=&gclid=COjloYyM8bcCFVIV7AodbB0AuA#.UcImoOfVCSo>
&ci_sku=11120&cid=sc_googlepla&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=COjloYyM8
bcCFVIV7AodbB0AuA#.UcImoOfVCSo
It floats, it locks, it's red and it doesn't chip the gelcoat when dropped.
Bob M
Ox 33-1
Jax, FL
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