P40 Winches

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Jeff Beller

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May 27, 2025, 10:11:02 AMMay 27
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On my Passport 40 the starboard side primary winch broke this weekend.  The top of the main spindle where the winch handle inserts cracked and broke off.  It's a Lewmar Wavegrip 43 winch, which I've always thought was a little undersize.

I'm looking for suggestions on what others are using in terms of make/model and size.  I'm shopping for new replacements.  I may also consider electric assisted winches.

Jeff
S/V Journey

Kenyon Stewart

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May 27, 2025, 11:13:40 AMMay 27
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I agree that they undersized the winches.  Our 47 has 55 primaries which don’t have the mechanical advantage I would like.  A Nordic 44 near me has 65 primaries.  I would like to upgrade as well and move the 55s to secondaries which we don’t really have.  Electric would be nice if it’s in the budget…

Kenyon

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Brooke

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May 27, 2025, 11:15:04 AMMay 27
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We replaced ours with Antal XT52
Brooke Morgan

On May 27, 2025, at 11:13 AM, Kenyon Stewart <ken...@sailoutbound.com> wrote:

I agree that they undersized the winches.  Our 47 has 55 primaries which don’t have the mechanical advantage I would like.  A Nordic 44 near me has 65 primaries.  I would like to upgrade as well and move the 55s to secondaries which we don’t really have.  Electric would be nice if it’s in the budget…

Gail Slockett

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May 27, 2025, 12:30:01 PMMay 27
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Our 47 has 70 primary winches and 44 secondary they work pretty good for us

Gail G. Slockett


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