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I finally got an exhaust design approved by my chosen exhaust supplier мебелиCentek.
Scott Baggett is Centek’s support engineer and he has been invaluable on assisting me in my designs. When I started all this I knew nothing about designing sail boat exhaust. With Scott’s patience and help I feel I have a good [...]

Today I finally finished the Barient 1
6 winch rebuild class and added it to the Barient 10 winch rebuild class. Check it out at www.svdoric.com/trainingrent a car bulgaria and tell me what you think. If you log in as a guest you will be able to read all the class information, but you [...]

I found very little information on the web about barient winches.  So with the information I did find I started to rebuild my winches.  Now that I have accomplished rebuilding my barient winches I am creating a website to help you gain some experience before you start on your barient winches.  There are web resources, [...]

 
I finally got some time off work and bought an 18V impact wrench (by Ryobi).  I needed it to remove the winches off of the mast.  There is no telling how long they have been on there.  But I broke two tips removing three winches.  That could give you an idea why I needed the [...]

Several months ago I started my first annual maintenance on my jib sheet winches.  I got one apart and found rusted gears, and some pawls that where frozen.  My brother has a machinist friend that wanted to take on the challenge of trying to free the pawls without hurting any part.
Since this is [...]