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how necessary is a windlass
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 19:52:41 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote: OK, I have not hauled my anchor in the last 6 months but then it was not too hard (28' 8000lb boat). Am I missing something? Does hauling the anchor (slowly) get that much harder as one gets older (I am 55). Generally, I haul her in slowly allowing the boats momentum to do most of the work until the rode is vertical. That is when it requires a bit of pull. I also use 1/2" nylon rode with 30' of chain so I am not hauling all chain. Does it get that much harder with a larger boat? In place of a windlass, why not mount an old manual winch on the bow and use it to help haul it in? Somewhere around 35 to 40 ft of boat length the weight of a proper cruising anchor and chain gets to be heavier than most people want to deal with. Serious cruising boats in that size range will typically have a 40 to 50 lb anchor and a mostly chain rode. Ideally the windlass will be able to handle both chain and rope but at the very least, chain. |
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