Ok after careful concentration over creating a working winch ( which is not beyond my ability's) i have decided against animation one, as I think in the long run its a lot of work to keep it running and repaired, something i hate doing is repair work its also subject to a lot of punishment given the barge to be pulled it 150lb of dead weight & has the ability for extra drag, last thing i want is all that to hang of the winch under tow.
So I have devised a solution which gives the same effect of the winch working but in a static manner, take a look and give me some feed back on it, all ideas or additions for improvements are welcome. (I know it won't look the part close up, but I think it will do the job, which is what i'm going for, I can live with a non realistic part, which is out of site being surrounded by all the other deck items)