self tailing winches but what size - Page 3

saurav16 · #21 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007

Thanks Cam for your response I called the stores but no luck yet. Will keep trying!

LWinters · #22 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007

Barient winches are great winches, but no longer in business. They were purchased by Lewmar at which time Lewmar incorparated most of the Barient design into their ST winch series. I've got a non-self tailing pair of Barient 26 going up on ebay tomorrow. I loved them, but single handing here so had to move to Lewmars 40ST for my 39 Ketch.

sailingdog · #23 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007

LWinters-

Again... Barient was bought out by Arco-Hutton in Australia, not Lewmar.... AFAIK, Lewmar has nothing to do with Barient.

tdw · #24 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007

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Originally Posted by sailingdog

LWinters-

Again... Barient was bought out by Arco-Hutton in Australia, not Lewmar.... AFAIK, Lewmar has nothing to do with Barient.

I think it was actually Barlow and Barient who combined and then they both when belly up. Hutton-Arco didn't so much as buy them out as much as buy up the leftovers, they did the same thing with Maxwell.

sailingdog · #25 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007

Fuzzy one... good point...but Lewmar had nothing to do with either.