Inherited as part of a misfit formula package many years ago. With the gear reduction and the lever-arm of the handle, it's fair to say you could very comfortably downhaul until either the sail, mast, mast base or pulley breaks! (No, I've never done this! ) It is, after all, designed to haul power-boats up onto trailers!
Worth noting that for the rotating-winch, it adds a quarter-turn of twist to the rope, for every 360 deg winding. Depending on whom you talk to [ like me ], this could be a bad thing.... adding rope-twist, adds more tension to the individual fibres, than would be otherwise, for no net gain.
All that said, I still use a rotating-winch -> I just give the downhaul a good old fashioned yank, before using the winch.
eckas said.. Let me introduce you to my 'bad boy' winch!
Inherited as part of a misfit formula package many years ago. With the gear reduction and the lever-arm of the handle, it's fair to say you could very comfortably downhaul until either the sail, mast, mast base or pulley breaks! (No, I've never done this! ) It is, after all, designed to haul power-boats up onto trailers!
(No, I've never done this! 
