[Alberg30] Re: Throttle/shift controls

[Mike Lehman]

John, My shin suffer too with the old shift lever. I broke off the handle
part and just used the long flat part.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allen" <galleon at shaw.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Re: Throttle/shift controls


> After a few encounters between the shift lever and my right shin, I
> fashioned a flat lever out of Aluminum with a couple of Turk's Heads to
> doll it up.
>
> Dave Terrell wrote:
>
> >my situation was identical to yours.
> >
> >
> >
> >>>>alberg30sail497 at yahoo.com 04/07/03 04:09PM >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >Not surprised to hear that the winch handle also
> >doubled as a gear lever. The winch handle is my
> >favorite tool aboard. I've found many uses for it.
> >But, my gear handle is not the winch type. Not L
> >shaped. More straight. It's heavy solid bronze capable
> >of breaking a pinky if not careful. But I'm sure the
> >old style winch handle would work too. I was told by
> >the previous owner (Brian Timmins)that this particular
> >handle is very hard to find.
> >
> >Alfredo
> >
> >
>
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