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 [...]

Last night I received my new FilterBOSS model DFP500FG. Very cool! They packed it very well in blown in place foam in plastic bags. They even ship it under vacuum so you can see if any of the fittings have loosened. It seems bigger than I remember in the boat show. [...]

I was walking by the Boman booth and noticed some very strong hatches. I have always wanted some opening windows where I currently have two stationary windows. But I was unwilling to compromise the strength of non opening windows. These hatches look to be stronger than the stationary windows I have now. [...]