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OK here is the question ..we are upgrading our winches from 2 speed 21(barett) to 2 speed 25s ... is there any reason NOT to have 2 speed secondary winches? the secondary winches NOW are old flat handled single speed ..also have single speed (barett) 20s avil....thanks edward (helen)

A couple questions, Folks. Do you fly a chute a lot? Having quickly removable handles is a plus in addition to leverage. How strong are you? Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Horn Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 4:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] wimches OK here is the question ..we are upgrading our winches from 2 speed 21(barett) to 2 speed 25s ... is there any reason NOT to have 2 speed secondary winches? the secondary winches NOW are old flat handled single speed ..also have single speed (barett) 20s avil....thanks edward (helen)

IMHO any boat that you cannot pull the lines in by hand, say over 24' then a two speed would be desired. I recently got 2 used (rebuilt like new) Self Tailing Barlow Aluminum #25's from ARCO in Australia for $600. From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Horn Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] wimches OK here is the question ..we are upgrading our winches from 2 speed 21(barett) to 2 speed 25s ... is there any reason NOT to have 2 speed secondary winches? the secondary winches NOW are old flat handled single speed ..also have single speed (barett) 20s avil....thanks edward (helen)

I've sailed on a Ranger 23, and the single speed winches with short cranks were a bitch to sheet in the full sized Genoa, which is a mast head sail way bigger than any foresail I carry on my Cal24-I. I've suggested getting cranks with a longer radius, but two speed self tailers would be nice. My friend Dario has such winches on his Dolphin 24 and he adores them, and thinks I'm nuts with my 2-3 humping-grunting crew power drive, but with just one complete wrap around my super deluxe counter rotating phenolics, we sure get the sheets in FAST! I cleat the sheets to cam cleats mounted vertically just below the lip of my cockpit seats. Jerry From: "ti… [at] ch2m.com" <ti… [at] ch2m.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 2, 2011 9:51 AM Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] winches IMHO any boat that you cannot pull the lines in by hand, say over 24’ then a two speed would be desired. I recently got 2 used (rebuilt like new) Self Tailing Barlow Aluminum #25’s from ARCO in Australia for $600. From:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Horn Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] wimches OK here is the question ..we are upgrading our winches from 2 speed 21(barett) to 2 speed 25s ... is there any reason NOT to have 2 speed secondary winches? the secondary winches NOW are old flat handled single speed ..also have single speed (barett) 20s avil....thanks edward (helen)