I am looking at getting the same manual kit here in
Australia which also fits their H3
anchor winch which I have.
I was stunned when i asked the importer their wholesale
price (I
work for boatshed so can get wholsale prices). They want A$450 for it. I really don't know why evewrything is so muvch dearer here ie more than double your
price in USA.
When I questioned them as to why the
winch does not have the manual option fitted as standard they said they mainly supply to the
cheap production market where the builders want to make boats as
cheap as possible. Hmmmm! Another good reason to avoid modern day production boats.
They also suggested that once fitted with the manual kit you can run the winch on power or manually. The kit comprises of a pawl and ratchet gearing that fits into the cone as well as the lever.
Anyway I am going to keep my old manual winch and have both side by side rather than pay that much
money and have to change the kit each time i need to swap from power to manual.
Colin
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