Dean,
I switched from the original Barient to Lewmar ST winches, the 35-1 has
them mounted on the raised cockpit coaming top where access is pretty
good underneath, no liner, plus the coaming top has wood sandwiched in
it, maybe 3/4" thick or so. It just happened that the old and new holes
were quite close together, so I made backing plates from fiberglass
board, 1/2" thick, bigger in diameter than the winch base, which I
epoxied under the coaming top. Once that was in I just filled the old
holes with epoxy and drilled through for the new winch. Pretty sure
they're not going anywhere.
The board came from McMaster Carr, not really cheap but makes nice
backing plates.
https://www.mcmaster.com/products/fiberglass-boards/structural-frp-fiberglass-sheets-bars-and-strips/
Neil Gallagher
Weatherly, 35-1
Glen Cove, NY
From: Dean McNeill via CnC-List<cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 8:24 PM
To: Stus-List<cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Dean McNeill<d...@deanmc.ca>
Subject: Stus-List Hints on swapping winches?
I'm about to finally replace my old 2 speed Barient 25 primary winches on my
C&C 34, with Harken 46 Self tailing winches.
Anyone have experience doing a similar swap? I fully expect I’ll need to fill
old holes and drill new ones. And probably glass in aluminum or plywood backing
plates.
Any other hints and tips?
Thanks, Dean
BarraWind
1980 C&C 34
Halifax, NS
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