I agree that the threads on the aluminum plate are likely the weak link, but
the plate is pretty thick (0.4”) so lots of threads. Also, that winch is used
exclusively to raise and lower the main, so not a lot of stress on it since
once the main is up, the clutch takes over. It made it so I
Thanks everyone, some great hints and suggestions here.
I’m a little less worried about the switch after reading all these comments.
I’ll be sure to let you all know how it works out!
Cheers, Dean
Barrawind
1980 C 34
Halifax, NS
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Dean,
I switched from the original Barient to Lewmar ST winches, the 35-1 has
them mounted on the raised cockpit coaming top where access is pretty
good underneath, no liner, plus the coaming top has wood sandwiched in
it, maybe 3/4" thick or so. It just happened that the old and new holes
That is a cool approach, but if I understand how it was done, the weak link
IMHO is that tapped aluminum is holding the new winch.
From: CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 2:42 PM
To: Stus-List
Cc: CHARLES SCHEAFFER
Subject: Stus-List Re: Hints on swapping
Hey David,
That's cool. You made an adapter plate, so you didn't change the holes through
the deck. That's a cool trick.
Thanks,
Chuck S
> On 03/23/2024 2:33 PM EDT David Knecht via CnC-List
> wrote:
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> When I swapped an old non-self tailing winch with a new Harken winch, I
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When I swapped an old non-self tailing winch with a new Harken winch, I decided
I wanted to re-use the holes from the previous winch. So I bought a circular
aluminum plate the size of the winch base, drilled holes through it in the
pattern of the original winch, then drilled and tapped holes
When I relocated our winches, I used a trick from the West System manual to get
a nice flat surface for the winch on a crowned coachtop. I epoxied 1/4" piece
of G-10, cut to the size of the winch base and epoxied that to the coach roof.
Before glassing it down, I located the holes in the
I moved my original Lewmar 50 winches and added additional Lewmar 44 winches to
my 1995 36XL/Kcb and added backing plates to all of them but did not glass the
plates in place—this would have required destruction of a lot more of the
interior headliner.
I had used starboard previously but this
Dean:
The four winches I replaced were not "similar" in terms of make/size,
but the job probably is. Mine was made more complicated because the winches
were located near the mast where C had installed decorative teak decking
pieces. I figured I'd just remove the teak pieces, fill the
Dave, that's excellent advice!
Richard
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Kentucky 40220(502) 584-7255
On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 09:42:56 AM EDT, Dave S via CnC-List
wrote:
Make your own ‘glass backing
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