[Public-List] winch upgrade

[Cathie & John Coultis]

Speaking of winches...has anyone looked into electric primary winches or 
conversion kit from Lewmar or Andersen?

Cathie
Scotch Mist II #448

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] winch upgrade


> Hello folks -
>
> I put a pair of Harken 2 speed 40ST's in SURPRISE (the old Barients went 
> to
> the aft pads for use with the spinnaker sheets and guys); I took them in
> lieu of pay from Georgian College for doing a lecture to their Marine Tech
> school.  Harken winches are the old defunct Barbarossa brand with a new
> label on them.  It's a testament to Harken's marketing power that a 
> product
> line that withered under its originator's name suddenly became eligible 
> for
> premium status with the new name.
>
> With regard to size they are fine; but I don't think they have the tough
> quality of other types.  If I were to do it again and choose my own, I 
> would
> have chosen Andersen winches.  Two problems with Harken winches are the 
> very
> aggressive 'tread' pattern on the drums, which is very hard on rope; the
> other is the plastic top jaw of the self tailor.  With regard to the 
> later,
> it hasn't broken yet, and may be quite strong enough, but I worry about 
> it.
>
> That said, I think the ball-topped Harken brand winch handles are still 
> the
> best around.
>
> Gord SURPRISE
>
>
> On 28/02/10 8:37 AM, "Richard Mair" <ramair49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After 5 years and lots of use we love our Anderson 2 speed st40s. See
>> our blog at intotheblue.blogspot.com. Not updated for a few months but
>> will show how far the winches went.
>>    currently doing a refit but the winches only need thier regular
>> lubrication
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPod Rich
>>
>>
>> On 2010-02-28, at 3:07 AM, pat nolan <pnolan33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am up grading my Barlow 24s to self tailing winches. Anybody have
>>> any suggestions or favorites ? pat s/v Arcos  ps the tsunami was a
>>> non event!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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