Think It’s called knurling. Charlie Nelson mentioned this a while back for my slippery Barient me
John Conklin S/V Halcyon S/V Heartbeat > On Dec 12, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > An article in Good Old Boat on this same idea. > Ron > Wild Cheri > C&C 30-1 > STL > > > On Friday, December 11, 2020, 11:38:16 AM CST, CHARLES SCHEAFFER > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > Just read an article in the September/October Practical describing a sailor > who had his 1978 Barient winches rechromed by a shop. The drums were > re-etched and rechromed and still his lines would slip. He tried a few > things and settled on adding a 1 inch wide stip of 3M safety-walk non-skid > tape to the uppermost part of the drum, and it works well. In light winds, > he can ease the sheet and it slides across the bare chrome part of the drum. > The tape is only needed in higher winds when he has several more wraps around > the winch. Just wanted to share. > > Chuck > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
