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jeffr
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Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - 10:57 am:
I am planning on removing the small 16ST halyard wincehs from my boat. No one uses them even for halyards.
I have a dodger and I would like to move the clutches aft so they are under the dodger. I will put them approximately where the small winches are.
Most of the boats I have raced on only have 2 sets of winches. The ony time I can imagine a 3rd set would be handy is at leeward marks in a spinnaker race, but I think that can be handled with proper planning. I think I'll add some of those single sheave line deflecters aft of the clutches so if someone had to they could use the winch on the other side of the cabin top.
I am just curious if anyone else has done this and how it worked out, or if anyone knows any reasons why this is a bad idea.
