Modern yachts use an electric winch.

FORBES: Old Gaffers

Bond winchman Andrew Cowx and winch operator Paul Walters have received an award.

BBC: Vos Sailor North Sea death: Helicopter crew honoured

When a boy lost an arm in the cog-wheels of a steam winch owned by Lord Wimborne, the courts ruled in a landmark judgment in 1898 that the factory boss had breached an absolute duty imposed on him by statute.

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