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2bish > 9 months ago, 22 Oct 2019

2bish

TAS

823 posts

22 Oct 2019 10:47am

Came across this interesting and clever design this morning. It would free up a bit of space in the cockpit I imagine. I couldn't find what boat it was from unfortunately. The link went to this Maine boatyard/brokerage: www.lymanmorse.com/brokerage/

It's worth a look as there are some seriously good looking boats listed.

sydchris

NSW

387 posts

22 Oct 2019 11:13am

From here: www.lymanmorsefabrication.com/project/aileen-hardware/

2bish

TAS

823 posts

22 Oct 2019 8:07pm

Sweet! must have cost squillions!

Craig66

NSW

2466 posts

22 Oct 2019 9:59pm

woko

NSW

1770 posts

22 Oct 2019 10:26pm

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2bish said..
Came across this interesting and clever design this morning. It would free up a bit of space in the cockpit I imagine. I couldn't find what boat it was from unfortunately. The link went to this Maine boatyard/brokerage: www.lymanmorse.com/brokerage/

It's worth a look as there are some seriously good looking boats listed.

Absolute boat porn !

FreeRadical

855 posts

22 Oct 2019 8:50pm

Gunfleet do it.

Muzz65

NSW

70 posts

24 Oct 2019 3:24pm

And here's me thinking a day sailer is a nice little open boat to chuck an esky in for a day on the water.
Man have I been wrong!

shaggybaxter

QLD

2661 posts

24 Oct 2019 6:35pm

Add one of these , they seem to be emerging as a must have on the Xmas list.
You need to think of them as an alternate solution to electric winches, or you will faint when you see the pricing :)

The guys on the Gold Coast are experimenting with a form of these and high ratio winch rotations, the results sound pretty impressive.

SunsetSailer

TAS

36 posts

24 Oct 2019 8:15pm

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shaggybaxter said..
Add one of these , they seem to be emerging as a must have on the Xmas list.
You need to think of them as an alternate solution to electric winches, or you will faint when you see the pricing :)

I got talking to a long term world cruiser tied up here a couple of months ago. He used a right angle battery drill! I think it was a Milwauke M28, a now discontinued item but there must be something similar out there with sufficient torque

2bish

TAS

823 posts

24 Oct 2019 8:27pm

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SunsetSailer said..

Yep I've heard of people doing that too. I vaguely remember an adapter being available for drill to winch socket too, but I could be wrong, maybe I just imagined that....

2bish

TAS

823 posts

24 Oct 2019 8:30pm

Yep here's a couple:

www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f116/milwaukee-right-angle-drill-with-harken-chuck-190951.html

thecranker.com/

SunsetSailer

TAS

36 posts

24 Oct 2019 9:51pm

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2bish said..
Yep here's a couple:

www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f116/milwaukee-right-angle-drill-with-harken-chuck-190951.html

thecranker.com/

It was Jim Cate the author of post no 5 on that forum I was talking to

2bish

TAS

823 posts

24 Oct 2019 11:16pm

Cheers, good point he makes about having some feedback compared to a powered winch.

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