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Hello:

My relative recently purchased a 1976 Venture 2-22 that needs to be completely overhauled. He is looking for a replacement winch or an upgrade for the swing keel.

I have no knowledge of MacGregor sailboats. Could anyone point me in the right direction to find these parts?

Thank you.

Look at Northern Tool on line, The winches are called a BRAKE WINCH, not the same as a trailer winch. You'll also need about 11 or 12 feet of new stainless cable and the ferrules and a tool for the ferrule if you do the job yourself. West Marine can also do cable work.

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Make sure you note the way the drum winds. There are CCW and CW rotations. I upgraded to the heavier winch and found out the hard way.

Blue Water Yachts specializes in MacGregor parts for all models. I've bought a few items from them and they are tremendously knowledgeable about all the boats. You can look them up at http://bwyachts.com/

Best Wishes,
Dan
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Following up on what Mr. McLellan said, when I bought a new winch at Northern Tool, the handle wouldn't fit the boat. I wound up (bad pun) using the new winch with the old handle. So save the old stuff in case you need to swipe parts.

Chip

http://bwyachts.com/BWYParts/info.htm

I haven't called Blue Water Yachts yet, but I'm not interested in drilling new holes if I don't have to. Has anyone used the keel winch w/handle that Blue Water sells in order to replace their rusted out winch? If so, I would love to see some picture and get some measurements. Namely... what is the exact distance between the mounting screws on the new winch?

My 73 had a standard trailer winch. That worked but you had to be really careful with it. I don't think it was original but I replaced it with another when it rusted. I wonder if the winch the M model boat uses for the mast raising set up would work?
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