winch clearance

[Wes Wines]

Is it normal for the life line to be sooooo close to the winch? Are my stantion bases possibly incorrect? I have the standard winch in place but have self tailing 16's to replace them which will be even more of an issue.

wes

 

[j.hunter9999]

Its hard to tell for sure without seeing the boat. If it is stock and nothing has been moved, then perhaps there is another issue. For example, after years of sailing, climbing aboard, and disembarking, one of my stanchions had leaned a bit inboard, causing the winch to be a little too close to the lifeline. I replaced and rebedded the stanchion and all was right with the world again.

I have lewmar 16 self tailers on Bella and they work great. They are one of the older models, as I found them used on ebay.

Best of luck,

Jack
Bella - V2620

 

[emmajen5]

I think you'll find that when you're sailing and using the winches
you'll discover it's not an issue. The lines seem close but don't
actually interfere.

Garry
V.2427

 

[groundhogyh]

This has been discussed before by many others.
I think the best solution i seem to remember is to put a small car on the rail below the winch and hook a bungie cord to the lifeline pulling it away from the winch.
rb

 

[bobnlesafloat]

We had problems with ours when we fitted Andersen 12s - the lower gaurd wire sometimes got trapped into the winch between turns of the jib sheet.

To cure it we fitted eyebolts to the outside of the coaming and lashed the lower lifelines to these to keep them clear of the winches

 

[pjacobs55]

I use Anderson 12's with no problem. Maybe you could re-drill the hole for the lower lifeline in the stanchion close to the winch ... put it up a little higher, or lower (whatever works), althogh it might look a bit weird.
Another option is to remove the lower lifeline altogether.

Peter
#1331 'Sin Tacha'