Roller Furler Winch

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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)