Primary Winch Placement Other Than for Racing?
Winches on the coamings certainly are placed correctly for racing. Or maybe they could be placed a little more forward.
Has anybody not into racing placed the primaries differently? Forward, back? Or changed the mount of the winch in relation to the sheets?
338 had a camcleat astraddle the coaming. I don't have selftailing and wonder if a winch island (an extended winch pad) with a horizontal cam cleat is the way to go? The oarlock thread shows what I'm talking about.
The headsail winches get a lot a activity - I'm asking if there is a great setup for mounting them. While self-tailing winches are very convenient I find them rather uncomfortable to use. I might perfer a jam cleat with some space between it and the winch.
horizontal coaming winches?
bottom rachetting side winders
Don't haf to go stinkin round, just go back and forth like a socket wrench.
Have the handle on the bottom next to the coaming,
stick the handle in the slot and crank away
out of the way of the line.
Can we patent this? (see below)
Hey, you gotta choice in windlasses,
let's have a choice in primaries!
Probably have to wedge them UP a bit to keep the line on the drum.
(don let Scott hear about this....) :D
[Bronze Murray winches from New Zealand are strong, mechanically simple BOTTOM ACTION winches that have cleats on top to act as a self tailer. You can flip the guts inside to allow the winch to work the other way. Nice pis on
www.classicmarine.co.uk] (damn! google will get you there!)