Roller Furler Winch

[Mike and Theresa Vaccaro]

Al,

Used to have a cam cleat with a fairlead on our old Catalina 25--worked like a champ for roller reefing.  The rope clutch or a large enough cam cleat would work the same way on the 34.  As you said, prevents slipping under load.  Have a cleat on our new 34--definitely miss the "self-locking" feature...

Cheers,

Mike Vaccaro
"Spirit" '88 Hull 563

[rirvine]

I have the same arrangement on Crews Nest as Stu have.  It works very well.  The idea is to get a better angle (in front of the wheel) with the furling line and reduce the friction by using a block.   Using a winch on the furling line can break things as they apply considerable force without one being aware of it..

[Paul Erb]

Ron,

What size winch would you reconmend and placement. Could you send photo's?

Paul
Yachta Yachta Yachta (#1634)