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If you have typical Catalina 25 winches there is a collar around the winch socket that is held on by a spiral flat ring which unclips from its position allowing the collar to lift off and provide access the mounting hardware after the winch drum is lifted from the stem. It is intensionally loose.
Mine unscrewed really easily with fingers - I was afraid it would come off while winching so I put Loctite 243 on the threads and tweaked it up with a spanner. It hasn't moved since. Sailorbaz
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