A few years back, I managed a friend's Hylas 54 with Antal electric primary winches (54s maybe?). Once when the owner was on board, he didn't put enough wraps on the winch and fed the jib sheet into the jaws of the self tailer and pushed the button. Managed to bend the line stripper down about 1" (Chrome over bronze I suspect) and until we replaced the stripper and rebuilt the winch, it wouldn't tail properly, especially with smaller line.
Large Electric winches can harness some insane leverage and I like my fingers way too much to ever put them on a boat that I own.. Chuck Gilchrest S/V Half Magic 1983 LF 35 Padanaram, MA -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Lee Youngblood via CnC-List Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 4:04 PM To: Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Lee Youngblood <leeyoungbl...@earthlink.net> Subject: Stus-List winches were too powerful? To powerful - yea well we did break one of the teeth off on a big triple speed winch on the Frers 41. Not sure if it was a Lewmar or what, but the next week it was gone - to expensive to replace, the secondary winches moved up, and we'd just have to move the spinnaker to the coach house winch like on a smaller boat. On May 27, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I put Lewmar ST48's in place of the original Barients, They work well enough and I have the option of upgrading them to electric when I get too feeble. > I have never heard anyone say that their winches were too powerful. > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
