Abstract: A winch having a main frame on which a drum is rotatably mounted and which is unidirectionally driven by a drive shaft rotatably mounted in the frame, the drive shaft having a pair of axial gear rings rotatably mounted thereon and engageable in unidirectional driving engagement with the shaft, the gear rings meshing with the diametrically opposed pair of gear sectors which are oscillated by foot pedals attached thereto so that oscillatory motion of the gear sector results in unidirectional rotation of the drum.

Abstract: A rudder post tube assembly for sailing craft having an inverted frusto-conical shell rotatably fitting in an inverted frusto-conical casing which opens out of the bottom of the craft. A rudder post tube is secured to the wall of the shell for rotatably supporting a rudder post of a rudder assembly so that the rudder post can be canted to port or starboard of the vertical axis of the craft by rotatably adjusting the position of the shell within the casing.