Jullian Richards, the South African guy? Former pro sailor and excellent rigger. Really knows his stuff. He helped me fix a dorked up mechanical fitting I had on my forestay.
He and his wife are really nice folks. ~Dan --- On Wed, 4/21/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: New Winch Instalation To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 9:25 AM I have a ”Catalina Friend“ at the Annapolis West Marine store, Julian. He is former Catalina 27 owner/racer and is very knowledgeable about all things Cat 27. Julian suggested I use Starboard, a marine substitute. It is basically a plastic sheet, that combined with over size flat washers. Joe McCary Aeolus II West River, MDSent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerryFrom: "Doug" <dj2...@yahoo. com> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:14:00 -0000To: <ic...@yahoogroups. com>Subject: [IC27A] Re: New Winch Instalation Joe You mentioned that you installed a backing plate. Did you make this out of aluminum or did you epoxy in some wood? --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com, "Joe McCary" <j...@...> wrote: > > Yes, except that the base of the old Size 10 winch is smaller that the new > ST 30 base and the pattern of bolts is different. I rotated the new base to > space the new holes as far as possible from the old holes. > > > > Joe McCary > > Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD > > www.aeoluswestriver .net > > joe at photoresponse dot com > > > > From: ic...@yahoogroups. com [mailto:ic...@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Doug > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:35 PM > To: ic...@yahoogroups. com > Subject: [IC27A] Re: New Winch Instalation > > > > > > > Cool Joe and thanks for the report as I will be doing this in a month from > now. Did you place the new winches in the same general location? > > --- In ic...@yahoogroups. com <mailto:IC27A% 40yahoogroups. com> , "Joe > McCary" > <joe@> wrote: > > > > Today, was a productive day at the boat. I finally persuaded my brother to > > come give me a hand installing the 2 Lewmar 30 ST (2 speed) winches. I was > > surprised at how easy the 2 old Lewmar 10 winches were to disassemble. It > > was a simple matter of prying up the thin split ring and easily removing > it. > > Then the top cover plate (the chrome "Lewmar" doughnut ring) comes up > easily > > and then the drum follows. The small black ring and the 2 roller drums > > followed by a black spaces all follow easily but messy. That leaves the > > gear post and base. This part takes 2 people; one above deck and one > below. > > On the starboard side, the easy side, the 2nd person in in the quarter > birth > > with a wocket wrench and loosens the nuts (5) and removes them and the > flat > > washers (surprise there was NO backup plate on what I am sure were the > > standard main winches). The post side was a bit more difficult and it ment > > my svelt brother slipping down into the port locker and reaching as far > > forward (way forward of the 2 marine batteries, mine are on a custom > shelf) > > and removing the nuts and washers. Once the screws come up, the entire > post > > will lift off (I used an old winch handle inserted in normal position) and > > just lift off. Clean the remaing deck area was next. And then I enlarged > > the old holes slightly. I backed the holes with packing tape and then > > filled them with marine epoxy. Once that cures, I marked the places for > the > > new holes and drilled them. I cut a backing plate for each side. Then > > placed the plate in position while the topside person drilled the first > > hole, and placed one of the screws in (we got all new screws because the > old > > ones were too short, because of the backing plate). We then drilled the > > other 4 holes per side and then again removed those screws. We added a > > liberal coating of 3M 4200 to the base area. Then the below decks person > > held the plate in place while we aligned it with a long, thin screwdriver > > while the new Lewmar base/post/gear assembly was held in place. Then the > > screws and then tightning of all screws and large oversize washers and > nuts. > > I wiped clean all the excess 4200 and then reassembled the winches. Job > > done, about 2 hours (plus a trip to the West Marine store for Screws and > > other sundries). > > > > > > > > Anyone need a psir of Lewmar 10 winches? > > > > > > > > Joe McCary > > > > Aeolus II. #4795, West River, MD > > > > www.aeoluswestriver .net > > > > joe at photoresponse dot com > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5045 (20100420) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset. com >
