[Public-list] Woolsey winch

[Tom S.]

Hi Gordon,

I had self-tailing Woolsey cockpit winches on a 1970 Catalina I once 
owned. I experienced the same problem and It turned out to be a weakness 
of this winch. There are 4 small dogs in each winch which ride in a 
grove and serve to prevent the self tailer from going around with the 
winch. There was at that time a retired fellow (retired from Woolsey) 
who had some of these little dogs which I was able to acquire. He 
wouldn't let me buy very many because he did not have that many and this 
has been maybe ten years ago.

As I recall you remove the barrel by removing a split ring on the top 
and lift off the barrel. The problem being when the little pin sheers 
off of the little sliding dog it wedges the barrel and you really have 
to put some stuff on it to get it off. If you have a good one try 
removing the barrel so you can better see what you are dealing with.

I presume you have not had yours apart. Correct?

I believe you could get these little dogs duplicated at a machine shop 
if you took one to them.

Tom s
A30 412


Gordon White wrote:
> I have a Woolsey winch that is supposed to be self-tailing, but the 
> self-tailer just goes around with the winch barrel, when it ought to 
> remain stationary. Does anyone have such a winch, or know anything about 
> it?   It was patented in 1967, same year my boat was built.
>
> Telo self-tailing winch
> Woolsey model 220
>
> patent # 3,334,809 (1967) patented by Newell
>
> - Gordon White
> Brigadoon II
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