Rob, Thanks for your response.

I will try to answer your questions but I have only seen his set up once when he got it and once to sail it.

I believe he has something like the Kyosho Sea Dolphin with the Futaba Attack 2 channel seen here (http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1p?&I=LZ2317**)

The radio is definitely a low end unit.

I never thought about just upgrading to a strong servo and still using the arm. That is how like I know about RC sailing.

So would you say a winch servo is out? I thought it sounded kind of neat when I found out that they were available.