--- In [email protected], "sean neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I always close paddles, and see that the pawl is engaged on the
> > rachet.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Stevens
>
> Could you explain why the pawl?
I see it as a safety measure, to avoid the circumstances where someone
who only half-knows what they're doing forgets all about the pawl,
raises the paddle, lets go of the windlass and gets injured as the
paddle falls and throws the windlass off.
--
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III - still at Thrupp
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