Anchor windlass

[Johnlindac]

Hoping to find info on adding an anchor windlass to Sihlouette my CD 33. Any thoughts or ideas will be much appreciated.

[David Morton]

I am currently installing a Maxwell RC 10-8 on my CD31. More specifically, a professional is doing it for me! We are replacing an old Ideal windlass with this model, including the capstan, to handle my 35 lb CQR with 5/16 chain spliced to 5/8 nylon rope. It seemed a good compromise between size, weight and cost. You can follow the progress of the installation online at http://www.lackeysailing.com/projects/danusia/.
Good luck.

David

[Johnlindac]

Thanks for the info and link to the site on work being done.
Would really appreciate speaking with you regarding windlass selection and placement. You can reach me on my cell at 617 909 5687 most of the day or early evening.
Regards,
John Campbell
"Silhouette" CD33

[Jim Walsh]

I am currently installing a Maxwell RC 10-8 on my CD31. More specifically, a professional is doing it for me! We are replacing an old Ideal windlass with this model, including the capstan, to handle my 35 lb CQR with 5/16 chain spliced to 5/8 nylon rope. It seemed a good compromise between size, weight and cost. You can follow the progress of the installation online at http://www.lackeysailing.com/projects/danusia/.
Good luck.

David

David,
You are having some wonderful work done. WOW! I haven't looked everything over yet but the additional track is a great idea. I also noticed you have additional bilge access. Good idea. Your cabin sole looks great.

[David Morton]

John, happy to chat any time. There were several logistical considerations in choosing the model and location of the windlass that may or not apply to your CD33. We can compare notes. Tim Lackey's photo journalistic record of the work being done is exemplary. Nobody does it as well as he does and fortunately the magic happens only 1 hour away from my home. Lucky me

David

[bottomscraper]

It's a shame that Ideal was so neglected. When we redid our decks a few years ago we took our Ideal out. I took it home and although the outside wasn't pretty (but no near as bad as yours) the insides were fine. I cleaned up to bare metal and gave it a heavy functional but not very attractive brush paint job with Rustoleum. I inspect it and change the oil every season. We have all chain and my only complaint is that the chain will sometimes stack up in the locker and not drop down the deck pipe.

[David Morton]

Jim, glad you like the work being done. Believe me it is even more impressive up close. I've been up several times to Tim's shop and it is always a joy to see the quality and thoughtfulness of the work being done. While I am handy and pretty capable with shop work, I am really pleased I passed this on to Tim. I did take pity on the poor guy and decided to climb into the starboard cockpit locker to try and deal with the stuffing box myself. Unfortunately, the job turned out to require more than just a packing change, so the shaft and coupling are coming off and the hose is being replaced. Not something i have experience with, so I deferred to the pro.
I have two floor hatches on my sole. One accesses the gray water sump that drains the head sink and shower floor.Overflow drains into the bilge. It has a dedicated pump to a thru-hull at the transom. I guess the rationale is to keep the bacteria laden water from the head isolated. The other hatch accesses the bilge, just aft of the sump. Thought this was standard equipment on CD31?

David

[David Morton]

Rich, I was hoping that something of the Ideal would be salvageable, but as the pictures show, it was a total loss. In addition, I've been hearing some credible complaints about Ideal customer service, so, that, plus the price premium for Ideal, made it an easy decision to go with Maxwell. We will see if I judged properly.

David

[Jim Walsh]

Jim, glad you like the work being done. Believe me it is even more impressive up close. I've been up several times to Tim's shop and it is always a joy to see the quality and thoughtfulness of the work being done. While I am handy and pretty capable with shop work, I am really pleased I passed this on to Tim. I did take pity on the poor guy and decided to climb into the starboard cockpit locker to try and deal with the stuffing box myself. Unfortunately, the job turned out to require more than just a packing change, so the shaft and coupling are coming off and the hose is being replaced. Not something i have experience with, so I deferred to the pro.
I have two floor hatches on my sole. One accesses the gray water sump that drains the head sink and shower floor.Overflow drains into the bilge. It has a dedicated pump to a thru-hull at the transom. I guess the rationale is to keep the bacteria laden water from the head isolated. The other hatch accesses the bilge, just aft of the sump. Thought this was standard equipment on CD31?

David

I have one two-part opening at the base of the companionway ladder. The after section with the built in dust tray lifts out to reveal the bilge and the forward section lifts to reveal the grey water sump which catches all the water drained from the sink and shower in the head. I have an electric pump to empty it through a through hull located above the waterline on the counter. That spot on the counter also houses the manual bilge pump discharge through hull and my electric bilge pump discharge through hull.
This is the only photo of the hatches in the cabin sole I could locate. They are clearly original. I have no others.