I have a 41 foot Hunter with a Selden in mast furling main. Two of my non-furling Hunter owner friends are considering converting their primary cockpit Lewmar winch to power using Lewmar's conversion kit, primarily to raise their large roach mainsails, and suggest I do it too. All of us are getting to ages where the winch work is getting harder for us.
I am looking for input from owners who have powered winches on the winch that could be used with the outhaul and furling lines for the furling mast. On a couple of really windy occasions I have used that winch to manually crank in the continuous loop furling line. Also, I am especially interested in comments on how it handles the occasional slight jam on hauling out the sail, and what the winch would do in that case.
Thanks in advance for all input!
I am looking for input from owners who have powered winches on the winch that could be used with the outhaul and furling lines for the furling mast. On a couple of really windy occasions I have used that winch to manually crank in the continuous loop furling line. Also, I am especially interested in comments on how it handles the occasional slight jam on hauling out the sail, and what the winch would do in that case.
Thanks in advance for all input!