FWIW, I checked my winch handle today. It's a "Titan by Lewmar" - Made in Australia. I sucked in the beercan races but I attributed that to a dirty bottom, not the winch handle.
Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Bob Moriarty <bobmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a cheap, red, plastic floating winch handle from West Marine and > will note if it's a Titan the next time I get to the boat. > I've been using it for ~2 years on my 33-1 with a 145 genoa and 2-speed > Bariant 26's. > It's never come close to disintegrating on me - although I'm not the > strapping lad I was from years back. > I like the fact that it doesn't hurt my toes when I drop it. > > bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: > >> ** **************** >> Thanks Dwight >> >> Just everyone remember - blue Titans are not all the good ones Dwight >> has. The crappy floating red one also comes in blue -I have had two blue >> and one red >> >> I use the 8 inch handles on a fractional rigged 27 ft boat. Much lower >> loads than on a 35 ft masthead boat. I do agree they are not super high >> quality - they are cheap and disposable which is why I have them. Not >> enough load on my boat to bend the horizontal handle but have snapped off a >> hand grip before. >> >> Red, Blue the floating ones are all the same .... >> http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt/Sailing/Haulout_at_BBYC.jpg >> >> Yes - the alloy blue one Dwight has is a far superior quality - all but >> the floating and cheap part >> >> Mike >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *dwight >> veinot >> *Sent:* Monday, July 08, 2013 5:40 PM >> >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Titan winch handles >> >> Mike**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I don’t think I am nuts, but I only have experience with the red Titan >> floating handle. Mine is labeled as follows “TITAN Made in ****Australia >> ****, pat pend”. It came to me with the boat along with about 8 other >> winch handles, some the old heavy Barient ones, a few of which were lockers >> so I had never used it in 9 years until last week…3 handles are more than >> enough on my boat and one like the red Titan floater that I had definitely >> classifies as junk on any boat. It had no reinforcing fibers of any sort >> inside the foam in the handle; in fact the foam looked very much like >> polyurethane insulation foam like the kind sold in a spray can which is >> used around doors and windows to stop drafts…but it’s not just the foam >> filled handle that is the issue, it’s also the locking mechanism which >> appears to be a plastic covered piece of thin brass or bronze sheet metal >> and the plastic appears to extend as a tube or bar all the way up to the >> locking release lever…this twists under loading when the handle flexes and >> accidentally goes out of plane placing some vertical loading on the locking >> mechanism which easily releases from the winch and then when you’re not >> expecting that too happen if you are not holding the handle tightly enough >> the handle can launch right out of your hand and go flying on its own. >> Quite seriously I can not and would not recommend using this type of Titan >> floating handle for any purpose on any boat period. I will always be >> careful about using any Titan handle on any boat I ever sail on. This >> product did a serious disservice to the reputation of other Titan products >> for me.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Mike Hoyt if you have been satisfied with your 8 inch unit good for you…I >> guess the name of your boat says it all!!! I just do not see the sense of >> a winch handle which is purposefully made so weak as to be useless under >> load and a possible hazard just so that it floats and sells at a cheaper >> price…IMHO this is not a good application of plastic and foam.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Again everyone, please be careful about using such Titan winch handles, >> regardless of what colour they are**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Dwight Veinot**** >> >> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna**** >> >> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS**** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Hoyt, >> Mike >> *Sent:* July 8, 2013 1:34 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Titan winch handles**** >> >> ** ** >> >> you guys are nuts. The floating ones are not all red - they come in >> several colours including blue**** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Rick >> Brass >> *Sent:* Monday, July 08, 2013 12:16 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Titan winch handles**** >> >> My understanding is that the red ones are resin filled with glass fibers, >> the blue ones are cast aluminum (see Dwight’s post), and the gray ones are >> resin and carbon fiber.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have had gray Titan handles on my 38 – a single handle grip for the >> cabin top winches and a single handle in a pocket on the mast for reefing >> and outhaul, and two of the double grip 10” handles in the cockpit for the >> sheet winches – for almost 10 years now. I have to say I’m quite happy with >> the strength and durability of the gray handles. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> That said, a crew member dropped on overboard during an event in >> Oriental, NC some years ago; it floated but we didn’t go back for it. I >> suppose that is benefit the benefit and the disappointment of having a >> floating winch handle that only costs about $50.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Rick Brass**** >> >> ****Washington**, **NC******** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> >
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