Our winches take a bit of a pasting, don’t they – really hard working pieces of the boat. Having a winch you can maintain is an important subject.

At the weekend, the very important subject of winch servicing and repair came up. I guess in our fleet we are pretty evenly split between RMG and Stinger.

The key piece of advice is to always keep your MYA Members Year-book on hand. In there, you will find the UK companies supporting the various winch manufacturers. For myself, I’ve had great support on my Stinger winches from K7yachts. Contact details are all in the MYA year-book.