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John Birch <Sunstone@idirect.com></tt>
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My experience has been to get the biggest winches you can afford and that
will fit the winch base without cutting the combing - although I've seen
a couple who have neatly gone with oversized and successfully removed some
combing without aesthetic damage.
<P>Additionally, on our A-30 we put angled teak pads under to make the
winches vertical on the bases as the canted outboard winch bases is a design
and ergonomic mistake.
<P>Why the largest winches?
<BR>Because you aren't getting any younger or stronger.
<P>Cheers,
<P>John,
<BR>Sunstone KC-65
<P>greg vandenberg wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>From: greg vandenberg <fashionguy@mailhost.kal.ameritech.net>
<P>While at the the strictly sail show in chicago we purchased new winches
for
<BR>bathtub mary #312. We purchased new anderson ss28st. The anderson rep
<BR>recommended the 28st over the 12st and quoted a boat show price at
1/2 of
<BR>there quoted retail. we stopped at rigging only and they recommended
ss40st at
<BR>$100 more ea. on we went to jsi and they matched rigging only for the
28st and
<BR>through in the shipping... we went for it... $1099.31. my question
aside from
<BR>passing on the price info. is... what is the opinion of the group on
28's over
<BR>the 40's for an alberg cruised on the great lakes. anderson rep. margo
and i
<BR>felt that the 2 speed 28 st were a very adequate up grade from the
original
<BR>primaries which i think are mariman. PS: there is also a rebate (trade
in
<BR>promotion) from scandvik of $75/ea for our old winches which reduces
the price
<BR>another $150. we were impressed and the andersons seam so much supieror
to the
<BR>harken and lewmar.
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