Category Archives: Putting It Away

Electric Slipway Winch at Cardiff Bay YC…..

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

The chatter about slipway winches continues.  Idris Dibble from Cardiff Bay sent these photos in (double click to enlarge) This is a nice electric winch application – pretty mature, maybe dating back 30 years says Idris.  If they had to … Continue reading →

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Slipway Winching – the View from Draycote….

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Some other thoughts on moving FFs. How about one of these - http://www.shifta.com/ not sure if they are still available new but you can pick them up second hand. This one also - http://www.parkit360.ca/pricing/p360l/eu-uk-az-a-nz.htmlQuite slow but then so is winching. Also, modify an … Continue reading →

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Slipway Winching in NZ…..

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

We too have a rope and winch system, the rope goes from the winch warping drum and through a snatch block approx 10 mtrs from top of the ramp,and directly to the trailer. We do it this way as our … Continue reading →

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Slipway Winching at Cardiff Bay….

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

We have a winch here at Cardiff Bay Yacht club, no problems at all, it goes through a pulley that is on a ring set in the concrete slip. No problems with people on the slip, the rope moves quite … Continue reading →

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Flying Fifteen Berthing Checklist….

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

So you have bought your first Flying Fifteen… you won the race, first time out… and you just cover it up and roll it into the berth until next weekend…. Right? Your lovely new boat spends most of its time … Continue reading →

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