Sheet winch MURRAY MAJOR
This large two-speed winch is cranked with the winch handle (1st
gear) or a crank in the base that activates a worm gear (2nd
gear).
The worm gear, activated using a separate crank, allows
for a higher power transmission and fine-trim. The drum can rotate
forwards or (for hauling) or backwards (for controlled
easing)!
With top cleat, it works like a classic self-tailing
winch.
Comes complete with winch handle and
crank.
MURRAY Winches: Proven for decades, Murray
halyard and sheet winches, made of high-tensile polished
manganese-bronze, stand out through:
- Simple and therefore
exceptionally robust cast-bronze construction;
- A crank lever
that can be inserted underneath (with a locking mechanism);
- A
cleat on top of the winch;
- Direction of rotation that can be
changed through reversing the pawls;
- Simple to hold
(install?);
- Always comes with a winch handle and hand
crank!
Well-known round-the-world sailors Eric Hiscock and
Lin and Larry Pardey appreciate the exceptional characteristics of
these winches: The crank lever in the bottom of the winch doesn't
move when the winch is used, thus the handle is almost never lost.
The cleat on the top works as a self-tailer or, if installed as a
halyard winch on the mast, as a cleat for the halyard!
