What Winches to get? BOGO West Marine sale

[Pembquist]

I am tempted to replace the 2 jib winches on my CD28 with self tailers. I'm not sure how to pick out a replacement. Existing winches are Merriman Holbrook 20 and are about 4" in diameter. The sale is on EVO and Ocean winches. Anyone been down this road?

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[Jim Walsh]

I’m guessing that your CD28 has a single headsail. If you still have the club footed headsail I’d go with a self tailing #16. If you have an overlapping headsail I’d go with the self tailing two speed #30. I have the Ocean Series bronze self trailers and they are excellent. There’s really nothing wrong with the chrome plated bronze or the aluminum winches. The buy-one-get-one sale is an excellent opportunity to step up.
Be sure to measure your winch bases to ensure a decent fit for your application.