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Smart electric winch for sailboats. Convert your manual winches to electric with our new SailForce™ conversion kit. Featuring a powerful and innovative brushless motor, this kit offers unmatched precision and efficiency. - Variable Speeds for Ultimate Control: Operate at two variable speeds, ranging from 1m/min to an impressive 18m/min. - Real-Time Line Tension Monitoring: Stay in control with precise, real-time line tension monitoring, ensuring safe and smooth operation. - Advanced Tension Limiter: Protect your deck equipment with a super-sensitive tension limiter that can even detect knots stuck in pulleys. - Centralized Control: Pilot all your onboard electric winches with ease using the central control unit.
While crossing the Mona Passage, 35 nautical miles offshore, we ran into trouble with our Yanmar 4JH4E. We were motoring in light winds when we noticed a change in the exhaust pitch — turns out, seawater wasn’t flowing properly. We checked the impeller and, strangely, it looked intact… but it could spin freely by hand — not a good sign. After getting towed back to our anchorage at midnight (huge thanks to Michael, who came out and saved us!), we dug deeper and discovered that the gear inside the old water pump had worn down badly. It turns out the pump wasn’t making full contact with the internal gear, likely due to an aftermarket impeller and shallow gear engagement. We ordered a new OEM water pump from R&B Power in San Juan, and they were awesome — super responsive and got us the part