Small tweaks -- coaming chafe guard and on-board charger ...help please ?

[hockeyfool]

Hey folks,
  tried to ask a question I posted on the gear/hardware forum with no answer, so here I'll ask; can I get help with an on-board charger purchase, I saw a Noco genius 7200 and a MarinePro 4.3amp
as possible picks...my boat has on battery and a flexible solar trickle charger plugged into the DC 9v outlet. What is best for my situation , being I can't plug into shore power or 120  on a daily basis ?
Also, I am ready to try to fix the rotten nuisance of the poor design on the coaming angle or winch angle mount; I get my jib sheet fouled under the winch due to certain placements forward on the jib track, so I can't wrap the sheet on those areas, also it chafes my wood plate real bad , so where do I get a chafe guard for this area of the coaming ?

[brackish]

Really don't have enough info for the charger.  What are you trying to accomplish?  If you can't plug in at normal dockside, when will you use this charger? Are you going to plug your boat into dockside power occasionally using an already installed shore power outlet?  I have a Guest 5/5 with two batteries, but I'm planning to remove one of them.

On the second issue, pictures would be helpful.  I don't have a chafe problem in that area, so would be interested in what the cause is.   

[hockeyfool]

I would plan to plug into 120 every so often when battery seems to be weak running stereo and lights during a long sailing day.
Regarding chafe issue, it is on the coaming and wood base at the job winch, where the jibsheet rubs onto surfaces.

[jgsharpe]

I have the same issue with the genoa sheets chafing and occasional overruns on the winch.  My boat is a 1981 model, and I've heard that they changed the winch angle at some later date to improve the situation, which may explain why some do or don't have this problem.

I added a turning block on the genoa track that stays positioned all the way aft on the track. That helped the sheet angle into the winch and keeps it constant regardless of where the first block is positioned.  I also added stainless chafe guard on the edge of the teak pad, so the sheet always rides on this.  The angle into the winch is still not optimal, so I'm working my winch technique.  I find that if I take only one wrap on the winch when tacking and pull in all the excess line before adding wraps, I can avoid some of the overruns.

At some point I may add a wedge under each winch to improve the angle.

Hope this helps

Jeff