[C38] cheapo self tailing winch modification

[Max Soto]

Down market look? who cares!!!! if it works, I have everything needed on the
boat, so I'm going for it this weekend!!!
Max

2010/4/22 D. R. Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>

>  is a piece of
>
> pvc tubing (
> http://www.westmarine.com/1/1/10160-series-150-clear-pvc-tubing-1-4-id-60psi-burst-pressure-from-shields-rubber.html
> )
>
> held in place with a shock cord (
> http://www.westmarine.com/1/1/11336-3-16-dia-shock-cord-150-std-pk-sold-per-foot-red-from-seafit.html
> ),
>
>  the cord is clamped tight with c clamps, aka hog rings (
> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1
> |5948|311443|309311|574776&id=208561).
>
> For years I looked longingly at self tailing winches (most recent find
> $1800 apiece on Ebay) and kept checking the Wincher web site for a new model
> large enough for a Lewmar 48.  One of our members says that the largest
> wincher can be made to fit our Lewmar 48s by heroic stretching using the
> spinny sheet winch. This modest invention is easier and cheaper, but it does
> look rather down market, I agree.
>
> Don
>
> avantura at comcast.net wrote:
>
> What is it? It looks like a piece of clear tube with a bungee cord in it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Strong" <drstrong at ucdavis.edu> <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>
> To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org><listserve at catalina38.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:49:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [C38] cheapo self tailing winch modification
>
> on my Lewmar 48s, which came with the boat. The gizmo works perfectly. Don
> -- Donald R. Strong Professor Department of Evolution and Ecology University
> of California, Davis 95616 530 752-7886
>
> [image/jpeg:cheapo.self.tailing.Lewmar 48.jpg]
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-- 
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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