Sail Talk is an ongoing series of articles from either Hunter Marine’s knowledgeable crew or valued suppliers, offering maintenance advice and sailing tips exclusively for Hunter owners. If you are like most sailboat owners, you haven't serviced your winches since you bought your boat. You need to grease your winches because they are probably one of the more expensive items on your boat. Winches can be a little intimidating. They are not as bad as they look — even though when you first pull off the drum it looks like the gears and bearings are laughing at you. Every winch is different from the next, so there is no good way to try to memorize how a winch goes back together. However, the one thing that works to your advantage is that a winch cannot be put together wrong because the parts will only fit one way — with the exception of maybe getting a washer in the wrong place. If you do find yourself in trouble, Harken has assembly