Self tailing add ons

[JonoSlatter]

Hi,

I've been discussing the possibility of upgrading my genoa sheet winches on my Beneteau First 26. However I remember seeing an add for a plastic type cap you fix over a winch to make it into a self-tailing type. Has anyone ever tried these?

Regards and Happy New Year!

Jono

 

[davidbains]

I have and IMHO they don't really work properly.
Antal winches seem to be good value if you want
to buy some self tailers. You can always save a bit of money
by buying the single speed versions.

 

[clyst]

THis has been discussed before- Have a look on page 3 ( Robturner) under thd "WINCHES"

Cheers

Terry

 

[Johnjo]

There was a thread on this a couple of weeks ago,do a search,
was going to buy some myself but after reading other peoples opinions
of them decided against it!
regards mike

 

[Sammy]

I know this sounds daft but I have had a set of these on my anderson winches for years and they are not a bad compromise. I think they work well on the anderson winch because they are known for having a good grip on the rope. If you already have non self tailing winches then at £30 a pair it must be worth a try

www.BoatsThames.com

 

[snowleopard]

cheap winches

there was a guy with a big truck who sold winches at all the boat jumbles 2-3 yrs ago, if he's still around it's a good option, i saved over 50% on a pair of new lewmar st40s (i.e over £500)
p.s. i have it on good authority that 'winchers', the rubber caps are not a lot of good.

 

[jfkal]

Nice idea but does not really work. You do not need the other habd to tail but to release the rope from the rubber groove. Some improvement but not much