1. Might the battery power be insufficient? Mine is an Endurant 680, starting 90hp 4 stroke, bilge pump, fishfinder. Would a bigger battery be desirable, or a second battery?

2. Could you fit more than 100m 6mm braid and 10m chain on the mini? What maximum length do you reckon roughly?

 

Red89mx: The bollard is nowhere near as strong as it was, as the brace which triangulates it back against the vertical rear surface of the well has been removed. They actually drilled the bollard out, put an M10 bolt through from underneath and then rewelded the bollard to the deck. At the end of the day a lot of bollards are bolted down with a couple of 3/16" bolts, so I reckon my set up would be stronger than that. I don't use it anyway but it might come in handy if the boat was to be towed.

 

 

 

Mike - tidy job, seems those winches are popular in Aus.  How strong is the bollard mounting now?  There is more room in the 6.1, and I would like to get the entire winch in if possible......still figuring out the affect on my bollard - as thie will be affected due to an existing support strut that will need to go.

 

Was thinking of getting a 6mm Ali Triangle fabricated and welded on the top and along port and statboard edges to provide structural integrity for towing/tying off.

did you look at the possiblility of a standard auto winch and making a feed plate down into a modified anchor well?

 

sorry bout questions - learning learning

 

I am in Oz so my contacts won't be any use to you. It cost AU$400 to get done here. That included cutting, welding, mounting (with reinforcing plate behind) and wiring. It JUST fits and a fair bit of computer modelling was done first and a cardboard mock up was trial fitted before cutting took place.

Hope this helps!

the customer i put the 6mm on got stuck in the weekend ...pulled the bow so far down that the prop come out of the water...they ended up sending a diver down to unsnag anchor