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Boat Forum / Cruising / September 2004Elecric Winch Handles
Hello all, I'm wondering if anyone has ever had a chance to try one of the electric power winch handles available. We were considering powered winches for the primaries to make it easier for my wife to grind when the air is heavy. Before committing the funds to those winches, we want to find out some user experience with the powered winch handles.... Can anyone comment? thanks, Richard Black S/V Saeta Richard, Those things coat a small fortune (like th coat of a new working jib), But Google around some and see if you can find the site where a felloe took a cordless BIG-ASSED angle drill motor and made an adapter to use that in stead for a nearly reasonable cost. Good Hunting! Matt Colie > Hello all, > I'm wondering if anyone has ever had a chance to try one of the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Richard Black > S/V Saeta The problem with electric winch handles is that you still have to hold onto them. If your wife can't develope enough power to grind, how will she develope the power to hold the electric handle? The only thing that an electric handle solves is that it applies torque while you hold the handle at the position which gives you the most mechanical advantage (eg: 3:00 and 9:00). You can do the same thing with a 2 speed winch by ratcheting back and forth (say between 2:00 and 4:00). You mention this will be used on the primaries. You might try puting your wife at the helm while you grind. David S/V Nausicaa Well, if you need to be in low gear, you can't really ratchet with a 2 speed, unless you have a ratcheting handle. > The problem with electric winch handles is that you still have to hold onto > them. If your wife can't develope enough power to grind, how will she [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > David > S/V Nausicaa The handle can be longer, also she won't be be exerting the effort in holding that is exerted in the pumping motion of operating the winch. **************************** >The problem with electric winch handles is that you still have to hold onto >them. If your wife can't develope enough power to grind, how will she [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >David >S/V Nausicaa http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2490260427&ca tegory=31281&sspagename=WDVW http://www.mytoolstore.com/milwauke/3109-24.html Works like a charm. $350 +/- all up. Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:43:56 -0400, "dbraun" <dbraun@omnipost.com> wrote: >The problem with electric winch handles is that you still have to hold onto >them. If your wife can't develope enough power to grind, how will she [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >David >S/V Nausicaa Hi all, Interesting idea about using a power drill. Have you done it? I suppose one could also try to find one of the old Barient racheting handles. Or maybe take a very large rachet wrench and adapt it to the winch socket. If that were possible, then one could make it as long as needed to get the horsepower. Sure I could crank while my wife steers, but then the autopilot almost always steers anyway and the whole idea about making my wife self-sufficient is so that I can get some solid sleep. If money were no object, then self-powered winches (at the cost of a small car) would be the solution. That may prove necessary, but I'd like to see all the alternatives first. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'd like to hear more about the drill. Richard Black I use it to hoist a 500 sf main. >Hi all, >Interesting idea about using a power drill. Have you done it? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Richard Black > I use it to hoist a 500 sf main. > > >Hi all, > >Interesting idea about using a power drill. Have you done it? Marc - do you have a lanyard or similar to take the torque reaction or do you just hold the drill? I have a 500+ square foot genoa on my catamaran - it's a pain to grind in because the inner staysail means it takes forever to blow through and then there is a lot of sheet to handle. Having a good double handle winch handle helps a lot, but short tacking up a channel is a real workout, with Andersen 46 self tailers.  SignatureEvan Gatehouse you'll have to rewrite my email address to get to me ceilydh AT 3web dot net (fools the spammers) <elquijote1@cs.com> napisal(a): > Hello all, > I'm wondering if anyone has ever had a chance to try one of the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > handles.... > Can anyone comment? How do such winches work at all? I've never seen one. SignatureSamotnik www.zagle.org.pl - rejsy morskie |
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