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Aw comon! You left out.... 
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You left out the magic. Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained eh? The load on some parts of the individual run of lines may be less; but, the overall load is the same, the overall work may be slightly more because of the energy loss in the blocks. But people all choose their own poison. 
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- help for old cruisers
- A few answers....
- Electric Winch
- A few thoughts about that
- If you have the money....
- I have been watching and taking notes on this for future reference
- A few comments
- A couple rowed up to us last weekend to say they'd sailed to Maine on my boat, in 1966.
- A windlass install isn't a big deal...
- We have two electric windless's on the bow. One for each anchor and
- Gallows
- Consider a cordless winch driver
- Probably a dumb thought but...
- Catamarans do it all the time.....
- A lot of line!
- Not a dumb thought. It's "standard" with boats that have full-batten mainsails
- I'll vote with Larry on this one...
- Huh????....
- There is a right answer...
- Not quite...
- Aw comon! You left out....
- You guys need to check your physics...
- Aw comon! You left out....
- Not quite...
- There is a right answer...
- Huh????....
- Catamarans do it all the time.....
- Another use for the windlass
- Not age - a question of strength and agility.
