"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:02:45 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

Would it be common for a 40' sailboat to have a power winch? All we saw
had
them as options... but I suppose you could add one yourself.

May have misunderstood your question. Are you talking about a powered
sheet winch or an anchor windlass?


Ah.. sorry.... windlass is part of minimum equipment for sure on a boat that
size, but I was thinking you were saying adding a power sheet winch (for
sail adj and raising, right)?

Sounds nice, but I'm wondering if it's worth it for normal sailing. I
suppose they can be turned off but the winch used manually? I could see one
for raising the main. Big boat.. lots of effort I'd imagine!