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Great boat Jeff - painted coamings!  Where is your engine situated?  Can you post pictures?  I'd love to lose the little outboard I have - it does a good job but it's in the water all the time.   Scott

There's a flat circular disc with two little cutouts at 0 and 180 degrees where you can put a flathead screwdriver in and pry the disc out.  Inside the winches are the ratchet thingys with a spring between them and below that there is a screw head but you can't get to it without taking the spring out - which I have been afraid to do so far.  Is that the screw you're talking about, Pete?
 
I do have the fiberglass winch stands like yours - Underneath are machine screws with nuts on them but they are REALLY frozen on there - despite WD-40 etc.  I haven't tried a socket  - and only minor cursing so far.
 
Seems like there ought to be a way in from the top for repairs and lubrication etc - no?  I don't want to ruin them in case someone else here can use them - and they really are beautiful.

Hi Gang - Work continues on Cup O Tea.  New rudder (quarter sawn Honduran Mahogany to original spec with original hardware).  New main.  New genoa.  Furler.  Traveller.  New Lewmar Treadmaster over two coats of Pefection on the deck.  Restored hull.  Refinished brightwork.  Now...winches.
 
In my infinite handiness, I cannot get the beautiful original old bronze winches (for sale?) off the stands.  The nuts are frozen onto the screws beneath and I haven't been able to get past prying out the little discs on the top of the winches themselves.  Anyone out there know how to do this?
 
P.S. NONE of this would have been possible without the excellent advice and information on this amazing website!