Lewmar Winches

[harrismd80]

I'm new to the forum, so please be gentle.  I have two Lewmar Wavegrip 46st and one Lewmar 30st on my (new to me) 1989 Cataline 34.5.  I would like to get new Upper and Lower Crowns for each of the winches.  But with an older; ok.. old boat, it is hard to get new parts.  I was wondering if anybody has tried or know of any crowns from newer winches that would be compatible to fit my old winches?  Or maybe someone has other ideas.  Yes, I do know that I can buy new ones, but if I could have afforded that, I would have bought a newer boat.  ;)  I've looked on ebay, online, and also called Lewmar directly.

Thanks for your time.

[Stu Jackson]

Harris,

Welcome.

Have you tried the marine surplus stores, too?  Like Minnies on the west coast and Bacons on the east coast?

[KWKloeber]

harrismd

PM me the part numbers that you want and I'll ck w/ my stocking distributor. It's the largest so maybe we'll  get lucky. 

Cheers
Ken

[harrismd80]

Harris,

Welcome.

Have you tried the marine surplus stores, too?  Like Minnies on the west coast and Bacons on the east coast?

Thanks for the reply to my post.  I haven't checked with Bacons since I've never heard of it.  I'll take a look at that and see.  With Minnies, I think I would have to buy the whole winch.

Thanks again,
Dave

[harrismd80]

harrismd

PM me the part numbers that you want and I'll ck w/ my stocking distributor. It's the largest so maybe we'll  get lucky. 

Cheers
Ken

Ken, I sent you a PM.  Thanks for checking into this for me.  You are too kind.

[Mark Sutherland]

I have an '86, so I'm not positive I had the same generation winch or not.  I looked around for months and could not find replacement crowns anywhere. I was tempted to have several sets custom made, but gave up on that idea and bought new winches at Minnie's for about half price (3 yrs ago).