On Saturday 16th. November, our winch fluid coupling broke big time and we were unable to fly. As we are a winch only club with only one winch, this was somewhat of a problem. Although this is a serious setback, we have treated it as both a wake-up call and an opportunity to fix our single point of failure. This Saturday, 14th. December we were back up and running having borrowed a winch similar to our own with an option to purchase. This is the plan. Our aim is to have two winches available, maybe even both out together on some summer days, so we are always in the position of being able to fly.
A big thankyou to Wolds Gliding Club at Pocklington for the loan of their winch and to all the members who rallied round to get the winch across the Humber. It wasn’t the easiest evening to unload a six ton winch as you can see from the video but we did it and we’re back in the game.