hi I'm Roy fudge with shoreline marine products I've been a certified marine mechanic for over 25 years and I'm here today as Captain weekend today I'm going to share a variety of easy boating projects that you can do yourself with the common tools that you've probably got in your toolbox right now I'll be by your side every step of the way and together we'll install a variety of top-quality shoreline marine products to get you back on the water faster so let's get going grab your tools and I'll share my tips and tricks so you can easily install those new hot shoreline accessory and replacement parts and be your own captain weekend highest LOI Captain weekend with shoreline marine products I'm gonna change out the winch on my trailer today I had a nice tear in my winch strap corrosion all over my hook you can see that the hook won't even close and lock my boat on anymore and I'm starting to get some rust and corrosion build up around my gearing don't want to have any problems down the road so I'm gonna go ahead and replace it now so we're gonna put a shoreline marine trailer winch 1200 pound capacity as a nice power handle on it rubber so if my hands are wet from getting the boat on the trailer they won't be slipping off and having the winch slam around and bust me in the knuckles same with a ratchet on it it's a positive lock in both forward and reverse and also if I can't get my boat all the way up on the trailer I can lock it into neutral and actually pull my strap out everything is EDC coated helps prevent the corrosion give me several years worth of use on my winch it's gonna take a 9/16 wrench and socket to get it off once I get it off I need to save the hardware or purchase new hardware so that can mount my new winch on just loosen it one off one thing you want to make sure you do disconnect your strap if you have a lot of pressure against your strap when you're starting to pull these bolts off there's a very good chance that the winch will pop up and hit you in the arm or take a knuckle out or anything like that and we have our winch off one thing you'll notice the bolt pattern on the shoreline marine wench is pretty much the same as what it is on the old winch that we're removing got a little bit of extra play in the several of the holes pretty much a standard hole pattern for no matter what trailer you're using getting ready to install the winch on the trailer I like to put one bolt back here in the back where all of the crosspieces go that way I don't have to fight it getting in in a confined space lay it up then I've got a nice long slot inside to stick my second bolt through fit right in leave the handle off that way you don't have to worry about it getting in your way while you're tightening down your bolts make sure that the ratchet is on the back side away from your boat that way you're not fighting over your winch strap or anything else when you're trying to unhook letting out a little bit of line for your boat to go out into the water okay we've got our winch bolted on gonna put the handle on now handles got flat sides along with the gearing make sure you get it pushed all the way down washer goes on with a u-channel facing the winch that kind of traps your handle put the nut on it's a 3/4 nut good and snug hook it back to our bow and you're locked down and ready to go to the water one quick note make sure when you put your strap through it goes underneath your bow eye or your wedge not on top of it that'll keep your boat from bouncing as you're driving down the road another captain weekend quick tip notice I've got both of my handles for the winch and my jack on the same side of the trailer which is the driver side of the vehicle saves me climbing over my trailer when I'm trying to either unhook my trailer or unhook my boat getting ready for launch just saves that extra step don't have to worry about tripping over it in the nighttime [Applause] you