Jake, I didn't take in your point about the difficulty of spotting a floating cushion, much less a winch handle. Nevertheless, floatation gives one a shot at recovery. Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Bob Moriarty <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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