slolooper
Member
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2016
- Messages
- 18
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Patriot
- Vessel Make
- Ocean Alexander 548 PHMY
A mystery...New winch cable (1200 lb winch) broke. Put my dinghy up 2 months ago and stowed the davit; connected the hook to an eye on deck, take out the slack and turn off the davit breaker. All went smoothly. Cable looked fine. Cruised from Chesapeake to Plymouth, MA. Normal mixed weather. Boat has been in repair status since sitting dockside.
Yesterday I went to launch the dinghy for maintenance and the winch cable had broken about 8 ft behind the hook, which would be about 1-2 ft from the winch drum inside the davit. The broken portion was kinked up inside the davit and I had to remove the pulley to get the broken portion free. Pics attached show the broken, kinked end and the end still on the drum.
Does anybody have an idea what happened? I'm spooked about a new winch cable breaking while not being used.
Bill
Yesterday I went to launch the dinghy for maintenance and the winch cable had broken about 8 ft behind the hook, which would be about 1-2 ft from the winch drum inside the davit. The broken portion was kinked up inside the davit and I had to remove the pulley to get the broken portion free. Pics attached show the broken, kinked end and the end still on the drum.
Does anybody have an idea what happened? I'm spooked about a new winch cable breaking while not being used.
Bill