Cruising comments

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 [...]