Winches

[Cephious1]

I have recently purchased my dream girl, a 37 ft carter 1 ton with loads of sailing history,cold molded hull mahogany interwoven with kevlar . The fellow before me started some major work and had stripped the decks and cabin down. It has been the biggest jigsaw puzzle of my life. What I would like to know is in pictures of winches you will see the Mohogany blocks underneath the Winchs what purpose does that serve and do I have to replace them as I have none now?
Thank you also much for helping me out with your opinions much appreciated.

[mitiempo]

Often winches are on angled blocks for a better lead to the drum. Any winch manufacturer's manual (available online, at least for Anderson) will tell you what angle is ideal.

[Cephious1]

Okay I will check it out , I thought that they may of been for better load distribution
Thank you

[Billy Higgins]

That's a fine boat, and I put a few racing miles on Carter one-tonners back in the 70's. What I do remember is that the foretriangle is huge and tacking was never easy. The heavy genoa is about all one strong man can handle alone. I suggest you convert the rig to a cutter, and install the biggest damn winches you can find as primaries. Self-tailing too, as there's a lot of sheet to get in from the headsails.
Good luck with the upgrade!

[Cephious1]

Thank you, I will look into it as my Hulk Hogan days are long past..
Take care
Dan