How far up shoud the roller be?

Sander

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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To make more sense I am including a picture, I think I should lower the roller a little down, or maybe move it back? What do you think guys?

Right now it sits right under the bow eye.

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raven7

Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Aug 20, 2009
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Re: How far up shoud the roller be?

I would lower it just enough so that your winch strap is level pull. Wouldn't hurt anything if you moved the post to the rear to keep roller snug against bow and to keep boat in the same place.
 

am_dew

Chief Petty Officer
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Apr 3, 2005
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Re: How far up shoud the roller be?

I think most will say that your bow eye should be below your roller, not on top as it is now. But your winch post setup looks like mine used to where you could not get the strap to the bow eye if you were to raise the roller so that it's above the bow eye. I ended up re-mounting my winch so that it was on the underside of the horizontal portion of the winch post.
 
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