[Caileag]

Hi Pat
On Caileag we rebuilt the cockpit floor hatches with sound proofing in the hatch and glued sound proofing to other areas many years ago. It did improve the noise slightly but not as much as we hoped. We tend to motorsail on tick over only if it is not feasible to sail but put up with the noise when necessary
Christine

[Caileag]

Hi
Good advice from all above. In 32 years we have had problems a couple of times with the brushes on the motor not making contact. We have never disturbed the plate prefering to keep that watertight but lift the winch to get to the motor. We have recently fitted heavier cables from the battery, had the original old motor rewound and fitted a new drive belt. The end result is an amazingly improved powerful winch, well worth the expense. So don’t give up

Good Luck
Christine

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