Picked up a new winch for Still Tim from Nat's marine in Pickering.
Also went to Newcastle to pickup a hank on genoa sail from a Chrysler 26 to try out. Turns out the sail was WAY TO BIG. Lots of stains on it, and very bagged out, so it is not worth my while to have it re-cut.
The old ARCO 6 winch has not been made in many years.
The replacement aluminum Lewmar 6 is about half the weight.
The mounting holes lined up perfectly!
Went to RONA and got some plumbing flat washers to seal where the bolts go through the deck. Felt this was necessary because the new winches are open where the winch handle goes in, so drainage would be required under the winch. The flat washers are snug on the 1/4" mounting bolts leave about 1/8" of drainage space under the winch. Also used some marine sealant around the bolts just in case. Overall it was a dead easy install.
Hoised the spinaker with the jib halyard and spinnaker sheets; looks great. Still need to measure the sail.
When to pop rivet the mast eye for the spinnaker pole to the mast. When in the cabin to get a tape measure, and my battery drill went overboard. Borrowed a fishing net to get it back. To my amazement, it still works, however, the trigger is jammed with mud.
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