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thought it was ingenious when I first heard of it...
In Response To: Ron, here's what you need to do: the mainsail starter 
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() And still do. Great post. Nothing like reminding sailors that they really are self dependent when on long voyages.
Fair winds.
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- Is this a Crazy Idea?
- Theoretically,
- Those 18v'ers sure have a lot of torque. Try it and let us know..
- I tried this
- You can also get one of those 90 deg. angle heads
- Why can't you
- Spring-driven
- And the starter motor has a large gear reduction, torque is also important
- Ron, here's what you need to do: the mainsail starter
- thought it was ingenious when I first heard of it...
- Ron, here's what you need to do: the mainsail starter
- And the starter motor has a large gear reduction, torque is also important
- Never tried it, but the idea of crank-starting anything more than a one cylinder diesel has always scared me...
- Starters