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Hi Graham l had an electric one on my raider 16 also by putting a small pulley at the rear of the trailer i could launch at a push of a button. if you unwind all of the winch cable then measure out enough to launch the boat it won’t bag up to much.

Im with Seastart. Its better to have it and not use it, than to need it and not have it.

For my experience first time was a disaster and never cared for the spool lay and the dyna cord pulled through the side, had to take side off the winch to free it up.. lesson learnt … the last 2 attempts it’s easy to guide it with the fingers as it isn’t tight at all and easily can be guided one side to another .. but it’s a shallow ramp so may be different on another ramp

Good news Graham

ha! While I was at the boat yard this afternoon looking to swap over to the the electric winch, they came over to me and told me my old pontoon berth was likely to be free again in a couple of weeks!

How do/did you ensure the winch wound on evenly? There's no "level wind" so i imagined a big mound of rope in the middle of the spool. Thats why i ended up opting for another manual one.

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Looks like it may be a bit too high Graham. Is it reversable, so the strap goes underneath giving a straighter pull?

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You are going through the same processes I went through when I carried an auxiliary, I used to lock mine in place and tie a rope around it just in case. I also found out you can only lay the motor on one side for fear of oil escaping into the carburettor and then being a non starter. Steering was an issue with a 640 quicksilver, but once it did bring me closer to shore to drop an Anchor, then get a tow in. Then there's the servicing costs, so I decided to invest servicing Money into Sea Start, albeit that is a little restrictive on distance from shore. But it saved the weight, released the space and all the hassle that went with it.

Hi Graham I opted for an electric winch from Warrior and having used it 3 times I can say its absolutely fantastic, entering into the Frome at right angles to the flow, albeit not very fast but still pulls the boat downstream I have threaded the dyna rope through the roller coaster trailer and then pull the boat towards the rear rollers, then small gentle tweeks on the remote control and the boat will pull itself inline with the trailer and then I simply put it into fast mode and the boat glides on, finally attaching the winch strip around 2 foot from the final position to remove the electric winch hook. Extreme supplied the mechanical support with the trailer, the winch is from Winchmax and a 3000 but it only ever pulls a couple of hundred KG force according to Warrior..

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Love it I have one of those