I have a 33 foot boat with a 35 lb CQR and 300 feet of chain. I have no
problems with my manual windlass. I was also the captain of a 102 foot
ketch with a 180 lb danforth and 600 feet of chain and we had a manual
windlass (with lots of crew). It worked fine also.

Gary

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?

Hi Gary. Let's say you had 500' out, how long would it take
to wind that in?


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"Gary" wrote in message
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I have a 33 foot boat with a 35 lb CQR and 300 feet of
chain. I have no
problems with my manual windlass. I was also the captain
of a 102 foot
ketch with a 180 lb danforth and 600 feet of chain and we
had a manual
windlass (with lots of crew). It worked fine also.

Gary

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?