well said RT.
one think to think about with that windon and a big fish is this.
"wire man takes 2 wraps, 20ft away on a big fish that wants nothing to do with the boat.... he now has 3 crimped connections to worry about and a snap swivel. As a seasoned marlin mate he has seen many snap swivles fail at loads under 200lb (pull straight as a pin), and has seen crimps fail at 60% strength of the leader....... "Oh $h!t""
more connectiosn betwwen and the fish is a BAD thing period. you are taking 4 times the risk with a windon that has a connection for a short leader on it, than compared to that of a standard leader with one conection betwwen the wire man and the fish. i dont gamble so i am gona go with a standard setup......
IMHO windons are great for the "charter boat biz" you can skimp on crew and increase your overhead with less leader material in teh long run. if you work for a private owner, boating fish is all you are concerned about.
windons are for mahimahi, not billfish. however it is what works best for you that counts the most, just dont coma a cryn when the big one gets away from a failed connection.