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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spooner <spooner@gateway.net>
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 4:05 PM
> Subject: Winch Question
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> >Hi all,
> >I've been sailing my new P-19 #1091 I keep it on a mooring so I don't
> >have to keep launching and retreiving and I do keep the centerboard down
> >while moored. My question is when I do crank on the centerboard it feels
> >hard to crank and I here a crunching sound in the transom area, is this
> >normal?
> >Cheers...John in CO
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> I've got the same problem on my P-19 when pulling up the keel. It has two
> loud clacking sounds on about the last two revolutions of the winch. Also
> the pulley system on the keel has been damaged it looks like the cable cut
> through the pulley flange. The previous owner told me the winch cable was
> hanging up on the winch when it was rotated and it seems like that is very
> likely the problem, I haven't looked at it yet (but will). However the loud
> noise is great at dockside when others are around, they all jump and look in
> horror. I calmly tell them I am retracting the wheels up into the wells
> because this time I'm not driving it up on shore. I dont think the operation
> is correct, it may be a design flaw.
> Cheers and loud clacks.....Jim also in CO
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