Ditto. I hoist Touche's main by hand from the cockpit then finish with a cabin top winch. The halyard runs through a Lewmar rope clutch which is closed during the hoist. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 4:41 PM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > David - I sail windstar singlehanded a lot, and don’t have a self tailing > halyard winch. Just use a line clutch. I raise it by hand, and finish > with the winch, tailing it myself. I have a bank of clutches on either > side of the cabin top and these tail halyards, reefing lines, my topping > lift, etc. > Easy. > > Dave > Windstar 33-2 > > >
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