See most owners manuals (OM) for windlasses and the OM for a Seawind Cat. You
should never use a windlass to pull your boat along the water when the anchor
is dug in. Motor your boat to where rode is straight up, then take up the
slack with windlass. When rode is tight, let wave/current action break anchor
free. Use windlass in short spurts. Do not run continuously. Your windlass
well last a long time this way. Most people wonder why there (W) goes out in
only a couple of years. All this is to demonstrate the delicacy of (W). I
learned all this the hard way. But don't listen to me! Hell, what do I know!
--- On Tue, 9/21/10, Michael Zotzky <mzotzky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Michael Zotzky <mzotzky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Scoaa-members] ? about Chain
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 10:37 PM
Is it really that tough on the windlass,
vs retrieving an anchor? I seem to remember that Seawind had raffle prize at
one of the rendezvous to do just this. OTOH, mainsail haul up is not that big
of a deal, as I can get it within ten feet of the top by hand anyway. The value
would be in having the capstan to have my wife run me up the mast, when we are
double-handed only. I have a top climber, but it sure would be easier with the
capstan.
From:
scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Gene Foss
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
4:37 PM
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Scoaa-members] ?
about Chain
bad idea! using the windlass to raise the
mailsail takes alot of life out of the windlass. But if you got alot of
money, who cares!
--- On Tue, 9/21/10, Michael
Zotzky <mzotzky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From: Michael Zotzky
<mzotzky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Scoaa-members] ? about Chain
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 1:02 AM
I have 150 ft of 8 mm
chain, that apparently came with the boat. The previous owner removed
the windlass, but when I purchased the boat a couple of years ago, I
installed a Muir 1250. I think it too specifies 5/16 in chain, but has
worked flawlessly with the 8 mm. I don’t think the gypsy requires an
exact match.
In hindsight, what I
wish I had done was buy the windlass with the capstan. Then put a
turning block at the base of the mast, and use the windlass capstan to raise
the mainsail, or take someone up the mast on a bosun chain. Adding the
capstan later is very expensive.
Mike
From:
scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:scoaa-members-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Ken Sadler
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010
2:18 PM
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Scoaa-members] ? about
Chain
I am considering a 100' chain rode which will cover
most situations with all chain. 150' would be better but the added weight of
even the 100' bothers me. It is a pound per foot.
Boat specs say that the chain we have is 8mm. I added a Muir windlass and the
gypsy works well on that chain. Do I need to buy 5/16 BBB chain??
Ken
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