Hi, John — the typical way to do this is to mount the windlass on deck, “straddling” the bulkhead between the chain locker and the v-berth, so that the motor is out of the elements in the forward part of the v-berth and the chain drop is in the very aft end of the anchor locker.
See Wal Bryant’s excellent page here: http://www.wbryant.com/StellaBoat/Projects/gtackle/windlass/index.htm — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On May 23, 2018, at 8:37 AM, John via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Hello I am looking for any suggestions on Where to position and mount a > Lewmar V-series windlass on the deck of a CCLF38 so the motor unit is > protected from saltwater and the gypsy directs the chain feed into the anchor > locker. Pictures would also be very helpful. > > Thanks > Sent from my iPhone
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