Guest viewing is limited
- You have a limited number of page views remaining
- 21 guest views remaining
- Register now to remove this limitation
-
Untitled Document Join us on May 22nd, 7pm EDT
for the CBEC Virtual Meeting
EY.o May Zoom Meeting
All EYO members and followers are welcome to join the fun and get to know the people you've met online!
See the link below for login credentials and join us!
(dismiss this notice by hitting 'X', upper right)
Winch recommendation?
- Thread starter LWolf
- Start date
Unless a few ounces of weight saving are vital to the racing you might be doing I would choose the version with the looks you are attracted to.
Looks like you have missed the March WM two-for-one pricing on new Lewmar winches this year. Darn! I used that sale to upgrade our pair of housetop winches from 30ST (factory stock) to 40ST in 2018. I correctly repositioned some new clutches during the same upgrade. What model and year is your boat? Please put some basic info into an sig line; this helps others here to give more relevant info.
The larger ratio winches are, IMHO, a safety upgrade as well. Having a friend winch me up the mast for any reason was really a big "ask" with the old winches -- much easier now. That would also be important if you have to use your Lifesling (r) to lift a COB up and out of the sea. Check my blog on this site for a poor attempt to document this upgrade.
Regards,
Loren
Looks like you have missed the March WM two-for-one pricing on new Lewmar winches this year. Darn! I used that sale to upgrade our pair of housetop winches from 30ST (factory stock) to 40ST in 2018. I correctly repositioned some new clutches during the same upgrade. What model and year is your boat? Please put some basic info into an sig line; this helps others here to give more relevant info.
The larger ratio winches are, IMHO, a safety upgrade as well. Having a friend winch me up the mast for any reason was really a big "ask" with the old winches -- much easier now. That would also be important if you have to use your Lifesling (r) to lift a COB up and out of the sea. Check my blog on this site for a poor attempt to document this upgrade.
Regards,
Loren
I sold them -quickly- to another club member for $500. for the pair. I figured that getting the pair of new 40ST winches for about 1200. left me in a good position avoid undue greed which might cause further dents in what's left of my karma......