The hypothesis is that if the dingy is easy to launch and retrieve that we will use it more. Toward that goal we have done a lot of experimenting. The latest advance is the addition of a winch that provides a 
significant mechanical advantage (about 14 to 1) for the retrieval process. We had initially tried a variety of pulleys with a mechanical advantage of only 5 to 1 that really made it difficult to retrieve the dingy. It turns out that launching is easy since gravity does all of the work...
significant mechanical advantage (about 14 to 1) for the retrieval process. We had initially tried a variety of pulleys with a mechanical advantage of only 5 to 1 that really made it difficult to retrieve the dingy. It turns out that launching is easy since gravity does all of the work...
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