Thanks for the tip. Steve at Seachest marine was wonderful. He sent
me an e-mail picture of the part to confirm if it was right then
personally delivered it to the mail so we could get it quickly and had
a great price as well. I highly recommend them to anyone who needs
help with marine equipment!

Your suggestion saved our trip (or at least hand pulling 10+ fathoms of
chain and anchor each night) Thanks.

Gogarty wrote:
In article .com,
says...


I am in a bind. My boat has an Ideal CWM windlass and the wildcat for
pulling chain has worn down so badly that it doesn't work anymore. The
boat is due to do whale research in August in Alaska, with some
challenging anchoring situations. Meanwhile, Ideal is on vacation for
two weeks and doesn't respond to any e-mails, etc. Does anyone know of
other sources for Ideal parts. I am needing the First Mate Model CMW
wildcat for 5/16" chain. Thanks for any help. If you prefer to
respond to e-mail, I an at .

Try this:

http://www.seachestmarine.com/windlasses/

They are in San Diego.