On Aug 23, 9:12 pm, wrote:
On Aug 22, 11:32 pm, wrote:





Well stated, Rick. Steep bank with a right angle at top - the trailer
is shot - underpowered car - and it's my land so I don't have to move
the boat more than a few feet about high tide.

I read somewhere that all of these winches are waterproof even though
they are not all advertised that way. Anybody know anything about
that?

Do these things generally have a remote so that you don't have to
stand in the line of fire of a recoiling cable?

Don, I like the idea of a pulley system. I will give that a try - at
least as a backup system.

Thanks,
mrmac

You say you only have to move it a few feet. Your rig probably weighs
what? 1200-1500 Lbs? I would maybe set up a block and tackle, a couple
of double blocks, and a length of good rope. Hook it up, walk the rope
down the beach a few yards. No pricey single use winch. No battery, no
cable, no problems. Unless you are dragging it up hill, in deep sand,
or have some other to me unknown issue, I think your boat would pull a
lot easier than you might think. And a good block to me is cheaper and
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OOOPs, should have read better, you did say steep bank, I missed that.