Harken Self Tailing Winches

Self-tailing winches are ideal for sheets, halyards, and control lines on racing and cruising boats. The self-tailing mechanism means that one crew member can quickly and easily trim or raise sails.

The B16ST is a one-speed winch. The handle drives in one direction and ratchets in the other to facilitate cranking under high loads. All others are two-speed self-tailing winches. Two-speed winches enable quick grinding in first gear out of a tack or jibe. When the sheet loads up, the reverse direction gives more power in second gear.

All have Harken " super holding" jaws and one-piece sculpted line guide and peeler. Winches up to the 53 have composite fiber-filled self-tailing jaws that have a gentle angle and tooth design for easy entry and " super holding" with or without load. Larger winches have aluminum jaws. Four springs ensure that jaws open evenly so line is easy to insert.

About Lewmar Winches

The Lewmar Ocean winch range provides a solution for any yacht's requirement. An extensive range with 9 different finishes and sizes suitable for boats 6m (20ft) and up. They are available as a standard winch or with the added benefit of Lewmar's 'Wavespring' self-tailer. Also for short handed sailing or less strain, the option of electric powered winch is available.

Not sure what size of winch you need? Visit our Lewmar Winch Selection Guide.


CT Winches for Small Sailboats:

The CT (Composite Technology) winch range uses advanced new composite materials and manufacturing techniques to offer Lewmar winch performance at significantly reduced cost for boats from 5.48m (18ft) to 9.45m (31ft).

Lewmar Standard & Self Tailing Winches:

The ‘Wavespring’ combines Lewmar’s renowned and gentle wave grip feature with self adjusting springs. It handles today’s smaller diameter ropes as well as the traditional larger Dacron composites. A sleek feeder arm design ensures absolute snag-free operation.

Lewmar Electric Winches:

With an increasingly sophisticated public to satisfy, today’s quality yachts are being designed to provide greater pleasure and refinement with a minimum of effort. Available as upgrades or full packages, Lewmar’s full range of electric winches complement these design objectives to increase sailing comfort and relaxation. These appeal particularly to family sailors and those who wish to sail short-handed.

Lewmar Racing Winches for High Performance Sailing:

Lightweight and strong, Lewmar’s racing winches offer the serious racer outstanding performance and power. Using the best features of our standard range combined with the technology used on America’s Cup and Volvo boats, Racing winches offer enormous weight saving for all IMS, Grand Prix and serious racer cruisers.

Andersen Self Tailing Winches

All Andersen self tailing winches have Power Rib drums, the unique vertical ribs provide extra grip, reducing the number of turns required compared to the other drum designs. The highly polished smooth surface of the drum ensures long life of sheets, whilst improving the "sliding" characteristics of the rope up the drum.