Getting back me robe

[steve_london]

Hi I’m not sure if I have posted this in the correct sections but I was hoping you winch guru's could help me shed some light on how to improve or set up our winch system.

I'm very new to the concept of winching and I am lucky enough to work as a water sports instructor who has been giving the opportunity to work with some nice knee boarding/wakeboarding equipment so we can get kids into water sports.

At the moment we have 2 winches set up on 2 separate jetties which pull the kids along (see my very crude diagram attached)

After each pull I have to manually pull the line that the kids were pulled with back to the jetty so the next kid can have a turn.

I was wondering / hoping somebody could help me with a concept that would allow me to use 1 of the winches to do this or some kind pulley system perhaps that makes the pulling back the line allot easier, or is there a piece of equipment I’m missing that does this already ?

Kind Regards
Steve

here is the poor diagram

[337 phw]

your legs steve ... so now you have to run round with the rope then run back to drive the winch ..... wot i would do is get the kids to take it back as they go back to line up for there next go thats winchin no rope no ride ...lee

[dogpoo]

Ahh my first day back at work after an extended break and this is the best question i've heard so far.

We thought about this a while ago for winching places that are tree lined or have other obsticles on the bank. You could do it with two/one winch and a bucket of rope or 3 winch's if you don't want to do any manual retreival (2 of them being used excluusively for retrieval.)

Two winch's and a pully would also work but it sounds like a good receipe for randomly removing kids limbs.

In your situation I'd do what Lee says and work them kids. You can always have a sweety jar full of plasters for them at the end of the day.

[i'mnickandi'marubishninja]

i was looking at a garden hose the other day when i had a hangover and it was on a spool with a handle for retreiving the hose after you've finished washing your car, watering your plants and spraying fit girls in skimpy tops... i thought that the same thing could be used for pulling out a winch line... (by tying a smaller line that doesn't take any strain to the handle or wherever it is out of the way as your drawing suggests- fine for kids but would prob get in the way if you were trying tricks on a skate) i reckon you could get them from most garden centres or DIY shops. to make it easir you could pull it out by pedal power by stipping a bike and linking it up to spin the spool...

once again i'd get the kids to provide the power for the retreival system - i used to be a sailing instructor and kids provide excellent slave labour (i think Nike would agree as well!)

hope this helps...

[turbojenks]

I came up with an idea but its only half thought out and may have probs especially if its a long run... Its an overhead return system that you just tie the handle to and wind it back... I didnt even attempt a pc drawing you just got a sketch here!...
As I havent had the pleasure of winching YET... I may be missing a few things you guys have already thought about....

any thoughts on this....

[dogpoo]

Why not install a rixen and then use that to retrieve the handle to your winch?