Bought a winch from West Marine, made by Fulton but West has a better price. Very well built and much bigger than the old winch. The drum is much larger but not filled with the strap as it is only 20' so gaining some mechanical advantage there. Also a longer handle with a very comfortable grip and the fast ratio is 5 to 1 an improvement from the 3.8 to 1 on the old winch. I oulled the strap out the length of the boat to see how fast it came back. Pleasantly surprised how quickly the drum filled back up, not as slow as I thought and much easier on the shoulder. The longer crank outs less effort on the bad shoulder. So easy to move into power mode, no handle to change, just flip a small lever!!! Hope to splash it tomorrow to get an actual feel of the improvenent...first impression is a well made product !!
