"Wild_Bill" writes:

Hellifiknow.. I'm just reading here.. never had a craft that needed a
capstan, and not making recommendations.

You poor soul - you don't know what you're missing out on!

It's all there for you - jokes about the real reason you do this
stuff, bets that you are going to get arrested for "suspicious
behaviour" before the end of the year, people stopping and looking
nervously from afar when you are setting up experimental test-rigs,
other friends who use capstans, block and tackles and know 20+ knots
and splices off by heart

Be encouraged

Rich Smith