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Hello,
Made a weekend project out of servicing the spinnaker winches on my boat. When I bought the boat I noticed that there were no backing plates on these winches. I hadn’t done anything about it, mainly cause we haven’t had a chance to play with the spinnaker yet, and figured I’d add a backing plate when I took them off to service them.
The question I have is... what is the rule of thumb for backing plates? I've tried to research the topic, and haven’t found all that much out there (I didn’t have too much time to research so forgive me if I've missed some obvious resources).
The winches measure about 5.75" in diameter (Barient #18). I was thinking about a 6.25" piece of 3/16” or ¼” aluminum? Does this sound right? Would Stainless be better?
Thanks for your comments!
Made a weekend project out of servicing the spinnaker winches on my boat. When I bought the boat I noticed that there were no backing plates on these winches. I hadn’t done anything about it, mainly cause we haven’t had a chance to play with the spinnaker yet, and figured I’d add a backing plate when I took them off to service them.
The question I have is... what is the rule of thumb for backing plates? I've tried to research the topic, and haven’t found all that much out there (I didn’t have too much time to research so forgive me if I've missed some obvious resources).
The winches measure about 5.75" in diameter (Barient #18). I was thinking about a 6.25" piece of 3/16” or ¼” aluminum? Does this sound right? Would Stainless be better?
Thanks for your comments!