Everything You Need to Know About Winches
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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This is the first in a series sail training videos intended to improve your sailing in 2024 .
This episode we look at winch operation on board the my Open 60 'Falcon' .
I'm pretty sure most of you won't have EXACTLY :) the same winches on board, but every concept transfers over 100% and I hope that the extra knowledge about coffee grinders & three speed winches helps widen your seamanship knowledge even further.
Plus, lets be honest, it's easier to see what I'm doing with half inch rope!
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Hey Chris, good to see this up- this is where you shine! Looking forward to seeing more !
More to come! The next three in this series, filmed last summer are already in the can :)
I’ve been sailing for twenty years, this video had at least three tips that I found really helpful. 👍thanks !
Hey, I really appreciate your comment, sailors are crappy at admitting their gaps....(myself included, to my detriment!)
@@CSMtheMariner well, one thing I’ll never claim is that I’m an expert when it comes to sailing. I trip up on my own ignorance too often 😆. Your videos are brilliant. Cheers for sharing!
Your clear and concise tutorial was educational and enjoyable!
Finally I got my hands on the sailing bible, thanks to the great sailing preacher 👌
Thank you for the support! Plenty of new information coming your way currently with new uploads almost daily:)
Learned and Informative; I had few close calls with winch handles.This requires consideration..
Good material! I especially liked the instruction on releasing and easing self-tailers.
The importance of that particular move increases at the square of the load on the winch
(This is Captain/Owner math of course... ;)
Before you get to degloving, I tell crew to make sure they keep their pinky finger towards the winch, not a thumb. Better to lose a pinky than a thumb. It can feel unnatural working that way, but that keeps them focused on what they're doing and avoid becoming complacent around a winch.
I'm pretty certain I mentioned the dagger grip in this video. Please tell me if I forgot to! It's very important! The key thing with the orientation of the pinky finger toward the winch- is that the winch is unable to take control of you in the same way that it can when it takes your thumb. Any martial arts that involve taking control of the opponent via their hands normally involves the thumb joint because the joint of the thumb is larger than the bones around it. This allows one to trap and twist the joint of the opponent, to disable or throw them because you can't slide that big joint out of the way. (Historically it's how they secured 'ninjas' as well. Seize their thumbs and big toes, otherwise they would just dislocate whatever was required to escape.)
If the thumb joint goes into the winch, the same thing ensues with crew being thrown down the deck by their own involuntary reaction to the forces acting on the thumb joint. Degloving is an outcome that can happen, but more often it's a damaged dislocated thumb and whatever other results of the winch 'throwing' you - which can include going over the side of the boat.
Just so it's not all doom and gloom, I would add that if you have more room so you'll further away from the winch and it's only a short load that's not going to run. You can be more relaxed. It would be near impossible to use a dagger grip on every winch always. Judgment is required. Thank you so much for the comment and feedback 🙂
Explaining de-gloving / consequences to clients is brilliant ! Someone hire this man to write some basic life skills lessons for the younger generations. A little more fear of reality would go a long way with them in other areas of life.
Learn a lot in this 45 mins! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Really enjoying your videos. Super clear. I'm new to sailing after motor boating for a few years. Got myself a Westerly Konsort. Whatever happened to yours?? That's how I came across your channel. Lucky I did because I'm now hooked.
Hello Chris. Thanks for this video, learned a lot. In 32:30 you mentioned demonstrating how to spin the loads off the drum e.g. for a tack. I've been struggling with this ever since we purchased new jib sheets out of high tech line, and they keep getting "pig tails". We must be adding more and more twist with every tack and tired of flaking the lines to get the twist out.
Did you ever upload a video that covered this topic, or, have some recommended reading/watching? Cheers!
Well done Chris! One issue I have with my Swan is getting the right strong egronomic body position over the various winches. One of the curses of flush deck winch system. Keep them coming. Any thoughts on doing Newport to Bermuda this June? Hope to touch bases with you soon.
I feel you with the Swan and indeed any boat where the designer has not contemplated the physiology of the crew ahead of the aesthetics of the craft. Looking forward to Newport Bermuda!
Great video! Thank you!
What could you say about overriding turns, why they happen? Some say because the winch is overcharged with turns?
Hey! Great question! It would have taken WAAY too much writing to answer this question here in the comments section, so instead i gave you a pretty in depth response over on the Mariner Podcast, Episode #96! Hope it helps!
I liked your instruction on positions of your body while turning the winch, but I would like see the same position on a small 30ft boat, while kneeling on the bench.
41:35 Is it possible (theoretically at least) to operate a 3-speed winch with 3 people? 2 on the coffee grinder and third person cranking handle at the top of the winch.
oh well stove pipe hats for the crew is going to be another sailing expense :( , I'm not sure how happy the woman are going to be wearing beards.
Stove pipe hats, Frock coats & leather knee-high boots are always standard issue to my crew. Some of them really make it work 🙂!
The hat's particularly are fantastic for sponsorship...