I recently damaged my shoulder, and have been looking for a longer winch handle to ease raising the keel. You can pay a lot for a long handle , and most are 10 or 12 inches long. I got
- an 18 inch socket spanner from B&Q (about £10)
- an Ebrmweio winch adapter from Amazon, about £20
- a socket from my box of spares
- an adapter from the socket spanner from 1/2 inch to fit the socket , also from my box of bits
Plan to put a tennis ball on the end for comfort. I had to shorten the tang of the adapter so the socket would fit, and glued on the socket with epoxy

Jim Hamilton

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