I moved my original Lewmar 50 winches and added additional Lewmar 44 winches to my 1995 36XL/Kcb and added backing plates to all of them but did not glass the plates in place—this would have required destruction of a lot more of the interior headliner. I had used starboard previously but this would have required a fair bit of cutting since the starboard came in 2x2’ or 2x4’ sheets and I wanted a plate 1/2” thick. A little net searching led me to using red oak boards which could be had in the widths necessary (so I only had to cut them to length, not rip them at all.) Of course, even cross cutting such dense wood is not a piece of cake! Instead of glassing them in, I just painted them with a penetrating epoxy to keep them water resistant. (If properly installed, no water should get to them anyway). This type oak is near or at the top of measures of hardness, strength, density, etc. much like the live oak that was used for warships in the days of sail. After 15+ years of use and regular winch maintenance I have seen no evidence of wear or wood rot in these plates and no bending of the deck when pounding to weather in a breeze which was obvious prior to adding these plates. I believe that the deck would give way and the winch with the plate would break free of the boat before the plate would separate from the winch/deck! FWIW Charlie NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C 36 XL/Kcb
Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Saturday, March 23, 2024, 4:42 AM, Dean McNeill via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I'm about to finally replace my old 2 speed Barient 25 primary winches on my C&C 34, with Harken 46 Self tailing winches. Anyone have experience doing a similar swap? I fully expect I’ll need to fill old holes and drill new ones. And probably glass in aluminum or plywood backing plates. Any other hints and tips? Thanks, Dean BarraWind 1980 C&C 34 Halifax, NS Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks for your help. Stu
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