[Public-List] Winches for Alberg 30

[Wade Wall]

That's great to know. I wasn't sure how they attached to the mast.

Wade
Bellwether #421

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 11:43 AM Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:

> Hello Wade,
>
> You don’t have to drop the stick… just remove the old ones… drill and tap
> new holes to match the base of the new winch and screw in new machine
> screws to secure it.  It’s actually easier to do with the stick up because
> the winch pads are at a nice height ergonomically.
>
> Easy job, probably fifteen minutes in all (so long as the old winch
> retaining screw isn’t jammed.
>
>
> Gordon Laco
> 426 Surprise
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> On Aug 9, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Wade Wall <wade.wall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the advice. I have self tailing winches in the cockpit, it is
> only on the mast that I have the old winch. I haven't ever replaced a winch
> on the mast, so not sure how to (a) remove the old winch and (b) replace
> with new winches. If it requires taking down the mast, that would be a pain
>
> Wade
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 8:00 AM Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>
>> Good morning
>>
>> The wisest could action is to replace the old bronze winches with
>> ‘modern’ ones which will accommodate the universal handles common over the
>> past thirty years.
>>
>> Black aluminium #8’s are quite inexpensive and serve well as A30 halyard
>> winches.  Modern bronze winches are more expensive but are also readily
>> available
>>
>> The old slot winches make great doorstops….   Surprise’s old slot winches
>> work well in their retirement as bookends in my office
>>
>> Gord
>> Surprise 426
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Aug 8, 2021, at 7:29 PM, Clay Pass via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > You might try Bacon's Sail in Annapolis, last time I was there they
>> seemed
>> > to have the original winch handles.  You can call or send them a
>> picture of
>> > what you need.
>> >
>> > Clay
>> >
>> >> On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 4:49 AM Wade Wall via Public-List <
>> >> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> So I got my new Alberg 30 in the water and everything was perfect,
>> until I
>> >> made my first sacrifice to Poseidon by losing the original (brass) mast
>> >> winch handle overboard. Too deep to retrieve and feel bad that after 30
>> >> years it met such an ignoble end.
>> >>
>> >> At any rate, are these winch handles still available? I am guessing I
>> have
>> >> to look around, but just wanted to ask you all first.
>> >>
>> >> Wade
>> >> Bellwether #421
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