Abstract: A double throw crank handle for a nautical winch has a first lever extending radially out from a winch axis and having a first grip at the outward end. A second lever is connected to the outward end of the first lever and extends parallel back over the winch axis to locate an opposite end a similar radially offset distance from the winch axis. A second grip extends up from the second lever opposite end. A locking mechanism to hold the crank handle in the winch socket is mounted below the first lever plug end. Counterbalanced two handed cranking about a winch axis is executed in winding the winch using the double throw crank handle.