Jake, With much respect, it's a choice with respect to floating winch handle recovery. I mainly beercan race these days. If it went overboard while racing, I'd more than likely execute my winch handle overboard procedure, i.e. throw the floating cushion, drop sail if necessary and see how good my man overboard skills are. But if I were in some sort of epic race, I would probably let the handle sleep with the floating fishes.
Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Jake Brodersen <captain_j...@cox.net>wrote: > 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* > > * * > > [image: cid:image001.png@01CE3D06.5A990940]** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *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_11120_-1?ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11120&cid=sc_googlepla&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=COjloYyM8bcCFVIV7AodbB0AuA#.UcImoOfVCSo > **** > > ** ** > > It floats, it locks, it's red and it doesn't chip the gelcoat when dropped. > **** > > ** ** > > Bob M**** > > Ox 33-1**** > > Jax, FL**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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