When I decided I had to have self-tailers for my foresail, I decided against changing brands, and just put in a search on eBay for variant self-tailers. Eventually a perfect pair of stainless steel winches self-tailers popped up, and I scarfed them up. I didn't even have to remove the bases, just the drum.
Bill Coleman On Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 17:40 Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > David - I sail windstar singlehanded a lot, and don’t have a self tailing > halyard winch. Just use a line clutch. I raise it by hand, and finish > with the winch, tailing it myself. I have a bank of clutches on either > side of the cabin top and these tail halyards, reefing lines, my topping > lift, etc. > Easy. > > Dave > Windstar 33-2 > > Sent from my iPhone > > >
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