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Winch recommendation?
- Thread starter LWolf
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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......