Boat Winch in Melbourne

A boat winch is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor

chain on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered by means

of chain cable. In its simplest form, it consists of a spool and attached

hand crank. The spool can also be called the winch drum. More

elaborate designs have gear assemblies and can be powered by electric,

hydraulic, pneumatic or internal combustion drives.

Winches are typically used to raise the mainsail and to trim in jib sheets.

The line is wrapped clockwise around the winch drum and a handle

inserted in the top; cranking the handle turns the drum tobring in the

line.

How to use a boat winch?

Winches provide the mechanical advantage to hoist and trim the sails

and running rigging on a boat. The act of rotating the handle is grinding,

pulling on the line being tightened is tailing. Every skipper has a place

where each winch handle is kept when not in action. Pick the handle up

by the shaft with your thumb over the lock at the end away from the

grip. This makes it easy to control the handle and insert it in the top of

the winch.

Features:

Automatic fail-safe brake

Optional remote control

Forward and reverse pendant control

A multi-purpose product perfect for pulling boats onto trailers

Maximum torque to get the anchor off the bottom

The speed of retrieval increases with each revolution

Simple to use and easy to operate

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