Most of the winches we have display a phenomenon of initially running slowly or gently when you power them up, then a few seconds later run at more normal speeds.

This is a design feature and normal – intended to give the owner a few seconds in hand to untangle sheets etc when powering up – instead of immediately sheeting in quickly straight away! You can shorten the cycle by moving your joystick momentarily to the two extremes then normal winch speeds should start.

The winch should enter the same routine if it overheats, so watch out for that… it could happen mid-race, of course.

We hope to shortly publish a download along the lines of “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Winches and Drums” – look out for that!