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Re: Fw: TWL: RE: All Chain Worth it?


Subject: Re: Fw: TWL: RE: All Chain Worth it?
From: Captain Al Pilvinis (

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    At 08:38 AM 1/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
    >Believe me. I hate wrestling with chain. I had an old hand pumped sea
    >tiger windlass with on a granny gear in it. Took 30 minutes to bring the
    >chain back in. Bout had a heart attach wrestling it aboard. Needless to
    >say, I didnt use it often. Maybe 20 feet would have worked but 10 feet
    >didnt. Maybe in another life I'll get another chance to try it out. Dont
    >have full chain on the trawler now.
    >regards
    >docmoss
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