Electric Windlass on CD31?

[Dean Abramson]

If anyone has installed an electric windlass on a CD31, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks.

[Jim Walsh]

http://www.lackeysailing.com/projects/danusia/

Check out 1/28, 2/4, 2/5, and others.

[Dean Abramson]

Thanks, Jim! Will do.

[Sea Hunt Video]

Dean:

Have you given any thought to a manual windless

https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=540964

I would think that having an electrical/battery issue when you are trying to raise a primary anchor would not be good. As I understand it with a manual windless a large amount of the "work effort" is simply pulling a stick back and forth.

I think there are circumstances and conditions under which Marvo might be willing to use a manual windless or at least be at the helm offering you encouragement at the bow.

[Dean Abramson]

Hi, Robert.

We have a manual windlass now, a vertical axis one, and it works well. But we have 40 feet of chain and a 35 lb. anchor. If we are weighing anchor at high tide, it can happen that the entire weight of anchor and chain is suspended for part of the time. The manual windlass is still quite a bit of work (kneeling, bending over and going round and round with a winch handle) for a guy with a bad back. And the last bit, getting the anchor shaft to come over the bow roller, I can't do with the windlass; I have to pull upward manually to accomplish that; that's a big issue for my back.

We'd like to keep sailing for a few more years (I am 68 now), so we are looking at ways to make things easier.

[mgphl52]

I reckon that's why I appreciate having a (manual) horizontal windlass on KAYLA...
Extra heavy wiring, battery, etc. are things that don't follow the KISS plan in my book.
BTW, I just turned '42' this June... but that's in hexidecimal...

[David Morton]

Dean, I'd be happy to show you the final product on Danusia. Give me a PM and come on up and visit.

David