They may flex a little but they are hard to break
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander Sent: June 20, 2013 10:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Winch Handles 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 <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 cid:[email protected] From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Moriarty Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:59 PM To: [email protected] 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _____ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3199/5926 - Release Date: 06/20/13
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