Opinions sought on cray pot winch
Submitted by meglodon on Mon, 2016-11-14 19:09
Hi guys,
I'm seeking your opinions on cray pot winches,my old Muir winch which has given me good service for a few years now has finialy karked it.
To get it fixed will be quite expensive and I think it would be throwing good money away as some other parts are quite likely on the way out so,
If you could please give me your opinions on the following winches they would be most appreciated. or any other winches that give good service. My boat is a 6m quinnie
Southern Oceans EC 1000A model
Maxwell winch (no idea what size I need.
Muir winches, size not known rust obliterated size on old one.
The winch would be used to pull wooden, steel bar base pots from 20 -25 metres of water
Thank you
ranmar850
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Maxwell Anchormax
I have one myself,pulling full size pro pots from up to 27 metres, because I have seen them go for almost ten years of year-round use. And parts are available. Under $750 from Whitworths.
Ericl
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Anchormax
I have one as well and its been excellent !
Don't spend all your money on beer, boats, and fishing. Save some to spend foolishly
meglodon
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Thanks guys
Can you please tell me the size of the Maxwell anchormax you are using to pull your pots from 27m
ranmar850
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Only one size in these
SKU 899N at Whitworths.
www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp I was slightly wrong on the price, $769 currently.
merdel12
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The cheapest you will find
The cheapest you will find the anchormax is 700 in oconnor at fishwise. Find them on gumtree
scottnofish
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Muir vc 800
$700 from whitworths .bit quicker than the maxwell and quiter aswell .less movment in the capstan
Jmac
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do they
mount aright to fiberglass with out risk of cracking the boat when under strain?
ranmar850
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You'll need to be careful how you do it
Ali plate boats and the larger tinnies with flat gunwhales are a piece of cake. But the moulded profiles of glass gunwhales can make it awkward, even if only for trying to keep the capstan above the inboard moulding. I've posted this here before, but if you didn't see it, here is the link. fishwrecked.com/forum/craypot-winch-2
The Anchormax has a three-stud mount,8 x 1.5 metric. I bought some s/s rod of the right size to get the two outer studs long enough, cut down the inner one. The glass was over 6mm thick, and the pulling force is on the two outers, so I bolted them through an ali plate to spread the load. I used it continously for a month last year, pulling double ballasted steel bottom pro pots, and it all hung together with no signs of stress. And, as it says in the thread, I made it removable for the rest of the year when I just don't need it.
Currently re-fitted and awaiting when the pots wil go back in the water.
meglodon
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Anchormax lifting power
How did the anchormax go pulling what is obviously quite a heavy pot. Where you using two batteries or just one.
ranmar850
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No significant loss of speed under load
cabled in 16mm --at the time, I was just running the boat on both, with a small house battery and larger start. I now have a smart relay interposing, so the effect will be the same, as long as the motor is running and charging over 12.4 v the smart relay will have the two paralleled anyway. Leads were kept to minimum length by no doubling back--house battery isolator>CB>Solenoid>winch all in a straight line, as it were. Solenoid is negative switched so I only needed to run one wire to it from on/of switch and picked up the + from the supply side of the solenoid.
I don't think there would be any problem running on one battery, the current drain isn't that high (<50amps, from memory?), and would be more affected by voltage drop due to undersize cable/poor connection.
meglodon
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Thanks for that
Your knowledge is very much appreciated thank you.