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Fort Lauderdale
July 31, 2010, 11:04 am
Partly sunny Partly sunny
current temperature: 86°F
real feel: 103°F
current pressure: 29.91 in
humidity: 69%
wind speed: 2 kts N
Windgusts: 2 kts
sunrise: 6:46
sunset: 20:08
Forecast July 31, 2010
day
Partly sunny with thundershowers
Partly sunny with thundershowers
90°F
wind speed: 8 kts SSE
Windgusts: 19 kts
night
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms
80°F
wind speed: 4 kts SW
Windgusts: 14 kts
Forecast August 1, 2010
day
Partly sunny with thundershowers
Partly sunny with thundershowers
91°F
wind speed: 6 kts SE
Windgusts: 16 kts
Forecast August 2, 2010
day
Partly sunny with showers
Partly sunny with showers
91°F
wind speed: 8 kts E
Windgusts: 17 kts

Maintenance|

Barient winch maintenance training website

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, [...]

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Barient 10 winch rebuild

 
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 [...]

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Jib sheet winch rebuild

  
 

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 [...]