Thread: Electric Windlass: How Important?
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Default Electric Windlass: How Important?
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Ruskie wrote:

I'm trading up to a 42' cruising sailboat, and I have narrowed the
search down to a used Pacific Seacraft, Shannon, or Valiant.

Numerous salespeople have lectured that, despite being big and
strong, I won't be able to, or want to, use a manual windlass with
this size of boat.

Acutally, I do want to use a manual windlass, if possible.

Any opinions?

Remember that you sometimes need/want to reset the anchor, and that
will often be in a deep anchorage after a long day, you're tired, and it
has to be done NOW.

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