Rigging
After rebuilding the gearbox for the Lewmar 44, we look at our big winches: one 58 and two 66’s. These have the same motor/ gearbox units. The two 66’s are our primary winches and the starboard winch was in a bad state when we bought this boat and
Rigging
One of the projects this year is replacing our forestay and rebuilding the furler. I’m not gonna go through all the steps because there is a very good YouTube video from the “Living for Sail” YouTube channel which you can find here: https://youtu.be/vc3DQJPHudg I didn’t
Rigging
These units are so-called “lubricated for life”. the question is what their idea of “for life” is… ours is from 2006 so 20 years old and very little use so shouldn’t be worn out. The sound it made however indicated major trouble. Investigation showed water ingress due to
Rigging
We have been testing different halyard setups for our roller furling jib for more than 10 years. Our preference is to use a two part halyard, i.e. a permanent part and a second part that is only used during hoisting and lowering the jib. The rendering above shows a