Primary Winch Placement

[ebb]

Winches on the coamings certainly are placed correctly for racing. Or maybe they could be placed a little more forward.

Has anybody not into racing placed the primaries differently? Forward, back? Or changed the mount of the winch in relation to the sheets?

338 had a camcleat astraddle the coaming. I don't have selftailing and wonder if a winch island (an extended winch pad) with a horizontal cam cleat is the way to go? The oarlock thread shows what I'm talking about.

The headsail winches get a lot a activity - I'm asking if there is a great setup for mounting them. While self-tailing winches are very convenient I find them rather uncomfortable to use. I might perfer a jam cleat with some space between it and the winch.