Drum winches-who's got one fitted?
Submitted by smash on Sun, 2011-09-25 08:40
Im in the process of fitting a drum winch to my boat and was wondering if you have trouble with the rope bunching up in the middle of the drum and how to avoid it?
Im making up a fairlead/bow roller setup for mine, to suit a claw anchor, and am thinking that if I use grooved rollers its going to direct the rope only to the middle of the drum and bunch up?
cheers for any info/pics!
hobbo
Posts: 17
Date Joined: 21/07/11
got stressfree drum winch
got stressfree drum winch with sarca bow roller, placed standard 100 mm roller in front of anchor well, made sure drum dead centre
using 8mm nylon rope with 7mts chain have had no trouble with bunching up
smash
Posts: 434
Date Joined: 01/12/10
thanks Hobbo, you've got the
thanks Hobbo, you've got the Sarca bow roller, are you using a sarca anchor in it?
How much rope have you got on it?
hobbo
Posts: 17
Date Joined: 21/07/11
got sarca anchor , with
got sarca anchor , with 85mts of 3 strand nylon rope ,freefall winch ,