By the way, the thingie that hauls your rode when you press the button
(when
referring to the entire gizmo) is a windlass.

If you have a portion of it with cogged teeth to haul chain, that cogged
wheel
is properly referred to as a gypsy.

I didn't think it was a proper windlass because I still have to manually
store the rode in the thingy in the deck. I feed it through that hole that
has the funny name. Hawse pipe? I think that's it.

Mine is just the roller part, I make couple of wraps around the barrel and
hit the button and it hauls in the line.

It's definitely not a gypsy then because you have to do the chain part
manually ... which is really the heaviest part. In fact we only used it once
to figure it out, it's easier and faster to haul the line by hand since it
weighs next to nothing. By the time you get to the heavy part you're on
manual haul anyway.

I didn't think it was a proper windlass because I still have to manually
store the rode in the thingy in the deck. I feed it through that hole that
has the funny name. Hawse pipe? I think that's it.

A proper windlass indeed. But not "self-tailing" if you have to stuff the rode
through the hawse pipe.

(If you follow these bleach suggestions, I wish you better luck than I had when
I learned the hard way not to use bleach on deck caulk. OTOH, may be OK if the
windlass is sitting on a FRP deck and the
caulk is just sealing against water getting underneath.)

On 05 Sep 2003 15:08:07 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

I didn't think it was a proper windlass because I still have to manually
store the rode in the thingy in the deck. I feed it through that hole that
has the funny name. Hawse pipe? I think that's it.

A proper windlass indeed. But not "self-tailing" if you have to stuff the rode
through the hawse pipe.

(If you follow these bleach suggestions, I wish you better luck than I had when
I learned the hard way not to use bleach on deck caulk. OTOH, may be OK if the
windlass is sitting on a FRP deck and the
caulk is just sealing against water getting underneath.)

Paul, I was assuming the cauld was just sealing against water, as Gould stated.
Chuck has a lot more experience with boats than I do, so do be careful with the
Clorox.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

Ahh, self-tailing. Got it.

Yes, it's on a FRP deck and the caulking is just around the edge to seal it
against water instrusion. Clearly added after installation.

I'll give it a try with something bleachy but if it either doesn't work or
affects the caulking at all I'll just cut it back and do a fresh, clean job.

I'm not sure I'll get to it this weekend anyway ... not sure if I can even
get to the boat.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
I didn't think it was a proper windlass because I still have to manually
store the rode in the thingy in the deck. I feed it through that hole
that
has the funny name. Hawse pipe? I think that's it.

A proper windlass indeed. But not "self-tailing" if you have to stuff the
rode
through the hawse pipe.

(If you follow these bleach suggestions, I wish you better luck than I had
when
I learned the hard way not to use bleach on deck caulk. OTOH, may be OK if
the
windlass is sitting on a FRP deck and the
caulk is just sealing against water getting underneath.)