Hi Burt,
My Barients are original non-sailing. I removed
the jam cleats years ago during a cockpit reno
and never got around to putting them back on. I
find after mostly trimming if I put on a couple
extra wraps (to maybe 5) and take in a bit more
for final trim the sheet stays put quite nicely.
The winch is designed for the wraps to ride up and lock into the top flange.
If I'm on the tack for some time I might throw on
a tugboat (bollard) hitch for piece o' mind.
http://www.animatedknots.com/lightermans/
Another option:
http://www.winchmate.com/
There is yet another inexpensive option that I
cannot find. A rubber-like ring with self tailing
locking ribs that fit over the top flange the
winch. It was made in Sweden or UK, popular in
the '80s... might be called grip mate or something like that.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 08:06 AM 21/02/2015, you wrote:
I just figured out what a self-tailing winch is!
I always thought my jam cleats made them self-tailing.
Yeah I am that much of a novice to sailing boats
bigger than knockabouts. It seems to me that
they would be most useful when racing or single
or short handing. My assumption is that they
remove the need for someone to keep pressure on
the sheet (or whatever you are winching) behind
the winch thus allowing a one hand operation (or
one person operation on larger winches). Does
that remove the need for jam cleats behind the winches?
This is just for my knowledge. Based on the cost
I have seen for new self-tailing winches I have
suddenly become satisfied with my non tailing winches
.for now.
My plan is to take them off the boat and bring
them to my shop to clean and lubricate them.
Iâm a pretty decent mechanic. May I assume
that disassembling them is a relatively simple process?
Burt
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Subject: Re: Stus-List CnC-List C&C 33 MKII
Self tailers are king. Racing w them is worth
getting used to. Our boat came w 4 self tailers
and 2 non. The non-self tailers are primary
winches we use only when we have crew for
racing. These winches require two guys, one
cranking and one tailing. I added big jam
cleats to speed up the release and trim. If I
replace them, they will be self tailers from
Anderson probaby. Otherwise, I may remove them
completely and rely on the four self tailing winches.
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md
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