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Interesting Wheel Design

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Created by 2bish > 9 months ago, 22 Oct 2019
2bish
TAS, 805 posts
22 Oct 2019 10:47AM
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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
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From here: www.lymanmorsefabrication.com/project/aileen-hardware/

2bish
TAS, 805 posts
22 Oct 2019 8:07PM
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Sweet! must have cost squillions!

Craig66
NSW, 2436 posts
22 Oct 2019 9:59PM
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woko
NSW, 1514 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
WA, 855 posts
22 Oct 2019 8:50PM
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Gunfleet do it.





Muzz65
NSW, 70 posts
24 Oct 2019 3:24PM
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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, 2492 posts
24 Oct 2019 6:35PM
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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, 805 posts
24 Oct 2019 8:27PM
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SunsetSailer said..

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



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....

SunsetSailer
TAS, 36 posts
24 Oct 2019 9:51PM
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It was Jim Cate the author of post no 5 on that forum I was talking to

2bish
TAS, 805 posts
24 Oct 2019 11:16PM
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Cheers, good point he makes about having some feedback compared to a powered winch.



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