Just have your crew work on their upper-body strength.
Winches are for quitters.
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
On Dec 27, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote:
> With all due respect to Rich, I don't think you need the 50s. I sail on a
> Benne 39 with Lewmar 30s! They are the best thing on the boat. Epoxy the
> holes, and if necessary, get a piece of teak or starboard and cut it in a
> circle to go under the winch to cover the space occupied by the prior winch.
>
> Joel
> 35/3
> Annapolis.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote:
> My $ .02: Bigger is better. Go for the 50's. You'll be pleased you did. Once
> you ream out and epoxy the holes, you should have no strength issues
> whatsoever.
>
> Rich
>
> On Dec 27, 2013, at 9:58, "Barbara L. Hickson" <blhick...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Happy holidays, all!
>> Santa brought me new self tailing winches and I need some advice. The PO
>> replaced the original Barient 26s with Barient 28s, moving the 26s to the
>> back to be used for spin sheets.
>> The base diameter of the 28s is 8" and the hole diameter is 6 3/8".
>> I think replacing them with Lewmar EVO 45s is the only way to go: the 45s
>> are the only size whose base at 6 5/8" is big enough to cover the previous
>> hole diameter of 6 3/8".
>> I don't want to leave an ugly ring of "we replaced our winches" left on the
>> coaming but I think after removing the bedding compound and polishing the
>> exposed gelcoat, the area outside the base of the new winches should look
>> pretty good. I have no illusions that it will match exactly. Is my
>> thinking wrong on this? I really don't want to go to the expense and trouble
>> to have anything look like crap. AND I don't think it is worth the expense
>> and trouble to put Lewmar 50s on a 33' boat. That's just crazy.
>> Secondly, the PO did not fill the first bolt holes when he put his new
>> winches on. Now there will be 2 sets of bolt holes to be epoxied. Is this
>> going to be a structural problem for the new winches? I am planning to use
>> an aluminum backing plate for the new ones. I've read on forums of about 4-6
>> yrs ago that finding the exact same hole pattern was apparently the
>> preferred way to go, and listers from this forum waited over a year to find
>> Barient 28STs on Ebay. In the last 2-4 yrs however, opinions seem to be
>> that hole patterns should not be that much of a consideration. Should I
>> plan on doing more than just epoxying the holes or do I need matting on the
>> underside or should I wait eons for Ebay to produce a pair of Barient 28ST?
>> There is one on there now asking $1500 and it looks like s!@#.
>> Lastly, IMO I think we should be using the size 40 winches. Is there any
>> way we can get away with using these and not sacrifice any structural
>> integrity or have the exposed finish look like crap and see all the
>> epoxy-filled holes? New deck paint is pretty much out of the question;
>> she's in very good shape.
>> Thoughts, advice and recommendations please? Thanks for any help,
>> Barbara Hickson Fellers
>> Flight Risk, 33-1
>> Charleston, SC
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