[Rhodes22-list] Converting Electric Winch Motor Lift to a Manual System

[Peter Nyberg]

George,

Congratulations on finally splashing! 

I think our conversions, while perhaps not perfect, are entirely adequate. Your friend’s comment helps confirm my feeling.

Now, do some sailing before it starts to snow!

—Peter

> On Sep 9, 2020, at 9:04 PM, Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> At long last my boat went in the water today for the first time since last
> October. The last couple of months she’s been in my driveway with many
> projects large and small. The bigger projects were putting her on blocks off
> the trailer for new bottom paint, my conversion to a manual motor lift and
> removing the centerboard to paint and replace the line and all the blocks. 
> An experienced Rhodes friend helped me raise the mast and we motored a short
> distance to my sailing club. I was very pleased to see no leaks from the
> centerboard cap. The list was so helpful on how to do this. 
> My friend has a Rhodes with the GBI manual lift and a motor about my HP and
> weight. I asked him to lift my motor and compare the pull force required.
> Surprisingly, he said it felt about the same. Best of all, I don’t hear the
> winch trying to pull itself out of the transom which I’m sure is totally a
> problem with my tracks not being aligned correctly because of something in
> my boats past. 
> 
> George Morgan
> Knotty Lady 1886/2005
> 
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