Hi to all
On my 1983 Saillmaster there are two hard plastic winch handle holders and i have broken a piece out of one of them
Were these a production item or has the previous owner made the out of some square pvc tube
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Regards Don
The two in the cockpit look to be self made,whereas the one on the right of the picture is a store bought item.
Whitworths etc....anyway very tidy cockpit! How many winch handles do you want I find one does the job.
Are the winch handles plastic or just the holders.
I usually find the best place for bronze winch handles is clipped into the winch when sailing and wrapped around a robber's head when not sailing.
Hi Cisco
The original handle I have is a plastic Titan
The other day I bought one of the Ronstan alloy quick locks that was on special at not much more than a standard plastic ronstan (i wanted to try one because i find when nonsailers are on the boat they tend to only insert a conventional handle half way down and the lock does not engage ) but it would not sit deep enough into either the Clevco or Barlow winches to allow the locking pawl to engage so I returned it and bought a plastic conventional Ronstan instead www.whitworths.com.au/ronstan-floating-10-locking-winch-handle-red
I was surprised it did not engage but I imagine modern self tailers have a deeper socket and the quick locks have probably been designed with them in mind www.ronstan.com.au/marine5/product.asp?ProdNo=RF4415
Regards Don
No matter what they are made of mate I recommend having at least two spare. When you have punters/landlubbers aboard and they let a winch handle fall over the side, if it is a floating one it is a really good opportunity to train and also embarrass the offender by conducting a man/winch handle overboard exercise.
They will either never come out sailing with you again or never let a piece of kit fall overside again.
Both good results.
When we race the skipper jokes (I hope he is joking) that if we lose a handle overboard to jump in and retrieve it and he will pick us up on the next lap round
Regards Don
The two rear items may be brackets to hold a cockpit table! Looks like they go all the way down.
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The two rear items may be brackets to hold a cockpit table! Looks like they go all the way down.
Hi Ramona
I am pretty sure they are handle holders as they are fairly light in construction
As handle holders they work well so I might try and get a bit of square PVC tube and make one to replace the one I that I broke
If not I will replace both with conventional soft holders
Regards Don
