I had one of the plastic ones (boat came with some old chrome ones which were about five pounds each) - I felt they flexed in use - the crew didn't like them. Got Harken lockers.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Moriarty
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Winch Handles
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
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
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