WHICH WINCHES?
Dec 18, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS RUPERT HOLMES
It’s well over a decade since new racing yacht designs moved away from the superficially neat systems of deck organisers and clutches for lines led aft that used to characterise both racers and cruisers alike.
In part this change in thinking was possible thanks to developments in materials technology – particularly the use of carbon and other composites in blocks and the advent of low friction rings. As a result, many individual lines are now led on a direct route to exactly the position at
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