Obsessed wrote: Am looking at putting a drum winch on my sf600. Originally looked at a windlass style however don't have the fall required in the anchor well and the modification required for this to work doesn't turn me on too much. Anyhow have been researching a bit and come across a few options. So far have come across Sav winch, lone star and stress free. I like the look of the lonestar 1000w model. A mate just put a 1000w Sav winch on his mclay and he seems pretty happy but he got a super sharp price from boat show last year. There have been a few threads regarding this on here a few years back but after any new opinions or ideas. Are there any other decent brands out there and where is best place to purchase from, i will instal myself. Cheers Hi Obsessed-(I was obsessed with this project at the time!!) see below a few pics of the unit I put on my 5.5 Surtees. I did post these some time ago in another thread. Unsure if this crowd still supplies these but it was a lot cheaper than any other brand at the time-I did install it myself all up for about $1200 including expensive duplex anchor rope which is only a third of the thickness of normal 8-10mm rope and stronger 3 tonne break. I have 120m of duplex and 50m of 8mm nylon on the drum + 10m chain...180m total. Had to buy cables and a few other bits and pieces separate. Hope this helps. Cheers
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feijoa wrote: might give you a call otto, how long have you had yours in? looking at something in the market to make anchoring just a bit easier. |
Otto wrote:
More than welcome, what area you in ? I'm on the shore if you wanted to view. |
Obsessed wrote: What boat have you fitted that too? Slightly smaller would fit me better, problem i have is getting the unit in the hole while having the drum centered. at this stage looks like might have to cut hole inside of anchor well, not really that keen to create a inlet for water into the front of the boat and not much of a fiberglass whiz to alter things. |
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