Abstract: By modern gears for electric/hydraulic and manually driven sheet winches, demands are made on the presence of a free-wheeling mechanism (24) in case that the drive unit fails, and it is also desirable that the gear takes up as little space as possible, irrespectively whether it is placed on deck or below on a boat. Thus there is indicated a gear of the kind indicated which is peculiar in that the planet carrier (22) is suspended on roller/ball bearings disposed farther away from the center axis (12) of the planet carrier than the free-wheeling mechanism (24). This design enables reducing installation dimensions for the gear, as the normally used central shaft may be omitted and the space can be utilised for placing the free-wheeling mechanism (24).