Re: Centerboard winch alternative!
Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:15:14 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 05:45:37PM -0700, larry steffen wrote:
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Howdy Ron!
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> On my 1973 HMS 18, the weird wench left my boat soon after I bought it,
> in 1975! I replaced it with a flat 1/4 " alum. plate wih two pullies
> bolted on, a halyard standard winch (with removable handle) mounted
> vertlcal at cabin roof/companion way and one centering pully on the
> inside cabin roof.
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> The heavy line (easy on the hands), floating alum. plate and lower
> single pully disconnect at the centerboard with a s/s carbiner and the
> whole rig lifts out through the existing cabinroof opening quickly and I
> toss it in a locker to make it disappear! Can send you photo clips if
> you need!!
Larry's pictures and explanation are now at
http://potter-yachters.org/tips.html. It's a perfectly simple and
elegant system -- check it out.
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