Self tailing winch 'arms' possibly odd positioning

[Lucky Duck]

After almost a year's ownership of my old tub I have just notice the self trailing arms seem to be on the opposite side (outboard as the below random photo) to just about every boat I have looked at recently including my last boat! (where they are situated on the inboard side of the winch)

Before I move them, might there be reason for this?

 

[awol]

IIRC (vaguely possible!) the Lewmar fitting instructions advise that the "arms" should be 180 deg from the point the sheet meets the drum. Did your previous boat have turning blocks for the sheets?

 

[Lucky Duck]

My last boat had a similar arrangement, checking the Harken manual - it says they should be fitted so the line leaving the winch is fed back into the cockpit

 

[MoodySabre]

My last boat had a similar arrangement, checking the Harken manual - it says they should be fitted so the line leaving the winch is fed back into the cockpit

It wouldn't make much sense to direct the ropes over the side would it? Yikes..

 

[Lucky Duck]

Yep and looking at some of this season's photos that is pretty much what the primary winches try to do!

 

[pyrojames]

If I get mine facing inboard, they sit it your back when you lean against the cockpit coaming. I point them aft.

 

[mjcoon]

It wouldn't make much sense to direct the ropes over the side would it? Yikes..

Agreed, and makes it more awkward to feed the sheet over (what I have always called the "nose" rather than "arm") in the first place.

(A bit like having the toilet paper exiting at the back where you can't see the perforations!)

Mike.

 

[Leighb]

(A bit like having the toilet paper exiting at the back where you can't see the perforations!)

Mike.

Don't start that argument, this thread might go ballistic!

 

[pvb]

After almost a year's ownership of my old tub I have just notice the self trailing arms seem to be on the opposite side (outboard as the below random photo) to just about every boat I have looked at recently including my last boat! (where they are situated on the inboard side of the winch)

Before I move them, might there be reason for this?

Possibly a simple mistake in manufacture. Surprising that the commissioning dealer didn't pick it up. Rotating them 180 degrees will make things easier.

 

[capnsensible]

You can put them, really, where you like. Try a few options and see what suits you best. Takes about 37 seconds......

:encouragement:

 

[Lucky Duck]

Possibly a simple mistake in manufacture. Surprising that the commissioning dealer didn't pick it up. Rotating them 180 degrees will make things easier.

I have come to that conclusion, it is with the agents at the moment so I will get them moved.

 

[johnalison]

I have mine at about 8 o/c when looking out from the cockpit. This allows for three full turns on the winch, and a bit, but doesn't impinge on the seating.

 

[Woodlouse]

I always position them so that when the rope is stripped out of the self tailer it's heading in the direction I want it to go without trying to leave the jaws prematurely which can lead to all sorts of heartbreak.

 

[dunedin]

Have you looked at the Arcona brochure photos? Not facing outwards as far as I can see
http://www.arconayachts.com/arcona-340/

 

[capnsensible]

I always position them so that when the rope is stripped out of the self tailer it's heading in the direction I want it to go without trying to leave the jaws prematurely which can lead to all sorts of heartbreak.

Absolutely!

Whats all this about agents and brochures???? Put it where you like, its easy!

 

[capnsensible]

Possibly a simple mistake in manufacture.

 

[duncan99210]

Just checked photos and mine face fore and aft, so that the sheets drop into the boat.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Have you looked at the Arcona brochure photos? Not facing outwards as far as I can see
http://www.arconayachts.com/arcona-340/

The deck gear/layout is (intentionally) quite different from the brochure photos, it might have been there was some good reason for the arms being placed where they are and thus my OP.

 

[alan_d]

Possibly a simple mistake in manufacture.

Like making hammers with the heads on the wrong end?

 

[snowleopard]

Like making hammers with the heads on the wrong end?

2 blondes, nailing siding on a shed. One picks out a nail, looks at it for a moment then throws it in the bin. Second blonde asks why. First replies 'The head was on the wrong end'. The second says 'Don't be silly, that was for the other side of the shed.'