RE: Keel winch for P-19

Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:39:19 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Hey everyone,
> Last weekend Sandy had the pleasure of cranking in the keel on
> Beluga while we were motoring into a shallow launch ramp. Plenty of wind
> and waves. She thought it was way too hard, in addition to the winch
> handle being to long (smashed knuckles). A while back some one mentioned
> replacing the original winch with another one from Fulton that had a
> better gear ratio. I think the cost was around $50. Did anyone save
> this information? Thanks for the help.

Replacing the stock plastic sheaves/blocks with real wire blocks makes the
effort much easier. In fact, after I did that, I went to a shorter handle to
lessen the fouling of the mainsheet. You could also rig additional purchase
on the keel to make the effort easier.