Things I learned relocating winches: Winches need to be positioned so the heaviest loads, like jib and main halyards, align with the right side of the drum. You can reduce a lot of needless friction in these halyards sometimes by changing the lead to the clutch most directly aligned to the right side of the winch drum. Upwind halyard loads approach a thousand pounds while the other lines are in the hundreds. Jib and main halyards should have the fairest run, and best sheaves from blocks at the mast base to organizers through clutches to the winch and they should be on separate winches so they can be tuned individually at the same time going upwind.
Consult your manufacturer's website for the proper distance between winch and clutch. You can induce friction if you place them too close to the winch. G10 works great to form a nice flat base on a curved deck or cabin top. I used 1/16" for a solar fan and found it to be just as stiff as the 1/8" and 1/4" thick material. I cut the G10 first a little larger than the shape of the item being mounted, and then used thicken epoxy to set it in position. I left the edge square and later made a fillet around the base and smoothed with a finger, sanded and painted to protect from UVs. https://www.mcmaster.com/garolite/multipurpose-flame-retardant-garolite-g-10-fr4-sheets-and-bars/ Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute, 1989 C&C 34R > On 08/27/2021 12:00 PM Wade Glew via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > On my 33-MK 2, I want to move the coach top winches about 12-18 inches > from their current location. The site I'm moving them to is a designated > location by design and the coach top is round and flat in the new location to > allow a winch placement. My question is, can I just fill the old holes with > unthickened epoxy or ............ what would be recommended? > > thanks for your thoughts > > > Wade > Oh Boy, 33 MK 2 > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
