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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2007 :  09:16:02  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
My experiences cranking my WK up onto the trailer have been less than easy, and I was surprised that my winch is only 1400lb capacity to move a 3400lb boat. Anyway, I bought a [url="http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/10001/276183/10001/6100/0/0"]Fulton two-speed winch[/url] last night. The sale is online only and if you get more than $100 worth of stuff, shipping is free. The sale only runs till the 26th I think.

I'm hoping this'll give my shoulder a break, and I might actually be able to snug the bow up to the snubber for once, I usually end up with a 1-2" gap.

If anyone's interested in a used 1400lb winch let me know.
David
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  09:41:45  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
You'll pull you bow eye out! (Why does that sound familiar?)
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  09:45:51  Show Profile
I was just thinking the same thing.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  10:02:18  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I don't plan to drag the boat up onto the trailer with it, I'm trying to make it easier on a rebuilt shoulder to crank the boat up to the bow snubber while it's still afloat. Perhaps it's because I've been on a shallow ramp but it seems much harder than it should be to snug up the boat. I suspect the keel is bottoming out on the trailer (this is almost certainly the case), and now that Rita can assist me by backing further down the ramp as necessary, it should become easier overall to get the boat up into the snubber.
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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  10:03:29  Show Profile  Visit Leon Sisson's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com</i>
<br />You'll pull you bow eye out! (Why does that sound familiar?)
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...or bend the trailer! Seriously. Once when I was ramp retrieving a 22' sailboat with enthusiastic but inexperienced helpers, one of them cranked so hard on the trailer winch, the supports for the bunks bent. On the trailer I got for my C-25, the base of the winch pedestal already had a 'tear' in the weld from someone cranking too hard on the 2-spd trailer winch. I've installed a heavier bow eye on my C-25 after breaking the stock one. Powerful winches are great, but with all that mechanical advantage, it's a good idea to watch closely for excessive loads which are going to be more difficult to 'feel' through the winch handle.

-- Leon S.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  10:15:46  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Guys, I appreciate the input, I hadn't thought too much about the stresses the new winch could place on my boat & trailer (I was considering an electric winch!). Consider us warned.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  10:44:57  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Insufferable ain't we.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  10:48:48  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
It's better than breaking my boat...
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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 04/24/2007 :  11:05:30  Show Profile
Heh heh,

David, welcome to "The unfinishing rule" in boating. Every improvement or repair will be sure to break or at least show you 2 other things that "must" be done...
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