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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><tt>From:</tt> <tt>
"alberg30" <alberg30@interactive.net></tt>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Uh-oh...I may have come into this conversation
late. So please excuse..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which winches are bad? Is a reel winch the bronze
type that originally came with the A30? You stick a flat handle in a slot in
the top of the winch, it clicks into place, and you crank it. They're
monsters. Or is a reel winch something else.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is this "brake" I hear people talking about.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have the old bronze winches in the cockpit, and
one on the mast. I also have single speed newer winches that I
scavenged,installed as seconds in the cockpit and on the mast, and on the cabin
roof. I like the bronze, but I don't want a busted arm or broken jaw. Should I
stop using these? They have been great in the past, and I never (repeat NEVER)
leave the handles installed. Mostly because they're so big they get in the
way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe #499 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"One Less Traveled"</FONT></DIV>
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