dgadee
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Just upgrading to self tailers and notice that there are still a lot of (reasonably expensive) standard winches for sale at chandlers. Who uses these?
People who can't afford self-tailers?
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Placement is key. All of mine are in places that would be very hard to fall against. Not seat backs, for example. This one is below the seat.I won't have any cleats in the cockpit. Years ago we had non-ST winches and cleats on the cockpit sides. Just off the Sandettie lightship, a notoriously lumpy stretch of water, Jill fell onto a cleat and broke a rib. We switched to ST almost immediately.
I reckon self tailing winches make it possible for me to manage single handed. Fortunately, Capricious was equipped with them when I bought her!I reckon that self-tailers are the equivalent to an extra half crew-member, maybe more, as is an autopilot.