[Public-List] Winch for wire halyard

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Yes, could be…..  The brake band works on an eccentric bolt… if that is dirty and not allowing the band to relax, that would certainly stiffen up the release.  In any case, the cure is the same.

If the braked didn’t lock as well as didn’t release, I’d suspect it was broken, but Davide, that’s not the case?  It does lock and hold tight?

Hey Rod… I’m humble as heck!  

By the way, did I mention SURPRISE won a third in last night’s race?  We were close behind first and second, the later being a Viking 28… a damned fast boat with very good sails (and good sailors aboard… I hate that combination…)

Gord
#426 Surprise

On 2017-08-31, 4:09 PM, "Public-List on behalf of Rod Symmes via Public-List" <public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org on behalf of public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

    Oh please don't say that about Gord - it is almost a full time job keeping him humble as it is...... (-;
    
    Is it possible the clutch is not releasing properly?
    
    
    Cheers,  Rod
    
    -------- Original message --------
    From: David Tessier via Public-List
    Date:31-08-2017 3:18 PM (GMT-05:00)
    To: via Public-List
    Subject: [Public-List] Winch for wire halyard
    
    
    Hi all. We are cruising the North Channel of Lake Huron. We had a fine sail to windward, long zigs and short zags, eastward from Bear Drop Harbour to Thomas Island anchorage. On arrival, I found that‎ the wire halyard winch was very very hard to turn CCW with its clutch open to lower the mainsail; fortunately, with more force than I like to apply to an old reliable friend like this winch, I got the mainsail down. The issue is clearly localized within the wire winch. My mental picture of how the clutch and other internals work is non existant.
    
    Can someone out there suggest what may be wrong, based on knowledge of these winches? I am inclined to take the winch apart and see the problem and perhaps make a fix.
    
    In addition to sailing on tomorrow under Genoa alone, I have options to improvise a mainsail halyard, including one which does not require me to go to the mast head as I had to do on Tuesday morning at Croker I (that is another story of the type Gord Laco tells so very well!).
    
    Thanks in advance for your help.
    Cheers,
    David Tessier, Waterloo ON Canada‎, #319
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