Cindy

I feel so much better now knowing that I'm not the only one guilty of
winch abuse.

This is the kind of stuff that gets me into the Christmas spirit.

Regards

Jon

Quoting Cindy Ballreich <cindy@ballreich.net>:

> If you've never opened up your winches for inspection or cleaning, you
> should do it! I've been in the process of servicing Mandisa's winches
> and can tell you than twenty years of neglect is not only ugly, it's
> also potentially dangerous. dirt, salt, dried up grease, stuck palls,
> sticky bearings - I don't know why any one of them didn't go free
> wheeling on us at the worst moment. It's a dirty job, but it's not as
> complicated as the exploded diagram from Lewmar would make it seem.
>
> Seven down, one to go. (The Alerion 28 in the next slip only has three!)
>
> Cindy
> s/v Mandisa
> Baba 30
>
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