If you have a Venture 25 and the keel winch is just inside the companion way how do you monitor the keel position when the winch drum is out of sight? The PO cracked the trunk top by over tightening while raising the keel. I just installed a new dutton lainson 1500 DLB. It was around $100 from Northern Tool. My primary question is how can you know the keel position? When returning to the ramp I want to prevent damage to the keel trunk by cranking the cable beyond its fully raised height. Other discussions include handle clearance and sealing of the cable through hole in trunk top where the wear pin resides.