Boat retrieval winch - new web page available - by: Aidan Whiteley

Hi All,

many of you will have heard that, at the request of SYC's dinghy cruise / leisure sail community, SYC has invested in an electric winch to help with boat retrieval up the slipway if there is no-one else around to lend a hand.

Use of the winch requires completion of face to face training (for safety and insurance purposes).

There is now a website page that details " all things winch " (if logged on to the website). It gives a flavour of how the winch should be used but is primarily expected to be useful as an "aide memoire" for those who have already completed the required training.

The Leisure Sail Sign On application has been updated to allow easy recording of when the winch is used and also if any problems / issues are found. There's a short video of how this works at the above page (or direct here ).

Aidan