# Floating Winch design

**URL:** <https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/floating-winch-design/5478>\
**Category:** Foils and Boards - Gear Talk\
**Created:** [May 21, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/floating-winch-design/5478 "2024-05-21T09:00:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forum.progressionproject.com/u/Matt)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/floating-winch-design/5478/1 "2024-05-21T09:00:28Z")

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[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/progressionproject/original/2X/b/b53975f13d5cdd7da8d645582edf69c25209eafa.jpeg "MidLength FG @ Malabar beach") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkfMeE6BLY&t=53)

Jeremy doing [the little whip into a wave above made me think you actually only need a chip to get onto foil out the back, and the rest largely luxury.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/progressionproject/original/2X/b/bafe4bdac2e42feaf472e11d860f8d67b1749eb7.jpeg)

I wonder about a floating static launcher, to pop you onto foil, and then you can pump to link into a set.

A floating electric winch with sea anchor probably can’t be banned?

Foildrives are already waterproof, I wonder what it would take to add a gearing adaptor to turn the Gen1 products on marketplace into a winch. Possibly the gearing would need to be super high?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/progressionproject/original/2X/f/fbd8e126ed2500a1ba3f9328f6d5f09190d973ba.jpeg)

I’ve seen a very cool DIY e-bike to winch conversion, so this would probably be the cheapest, issue would be waterproofing?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/progressionproject/original/2X/1/134798f2237333856445127976ec4c16b5338761.jpeg)

Any engineering wizards able to tell me which approach would be best? Cheapest would be the ebike, and the brushless motors seem pretty water tolerant

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**Author:** ![Hdip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Hdip](https://forum.progressionproject.com/u/Hdip)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/floating-winch-design/5478/2 "2024-05-21T15:15:37Z")

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A paddle is the best foil assist on the market. Nobody enjoys learning to SUP though.

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**Author:** ![Matt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forum.progressionproject.com/u/Matt)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.progressionproject.com/t/floating-winch-design/5478/3 "2024-05-21T15:57:42Z")

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this is in addition to SUP

the low tech version we’ve been doing is to just pull the rope, works surprisingly well!