Choose your anchor carefully. I have a 15 Kg Bruce knock off and about 60 feet of 5/16 anchor chain and that’s really all I want to haul by hand at 68. That anchor has never slipped and others have felt comfortable to raft up alongside over night. I wear thick rubber gloves to retrieve my anchor. Sometimes the anchor holds too hard to break free by hand so then I tie off on a cleat and use engine power to break it free. That vertical windlass you refer to is called a capstan. So far I have resisted installing a windlass on my 35MKII mainly because of the cost and work involved. Maybe a smallish say 10 Kg Rocna anchor would be better
On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 8:50 AM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I see no response yet, and have until recently (just turned 56....) felt > that the 33-2 was really too small to warrant a windlass. Am now on the > fence. Also noticed a 32 at my marina with what appear to be a tidy > installation of a vertical windlass. (Adrian, will try to get some pics.) > Would like to ask/add a related question - has anyone improved anchor > handling in general? Am happy that the 33-2 has a roller and chain > locker, however I had some excitement this season hand-retrieving 50’ of > fully extendedchain in a stiff breeze and chop. The line then later the > chain hopped off the roller and slammed/wedged into the pulpit stanchion > base as the boat sheered and bobbed about - very exciting and extremely > strenuous for a solo sailor. (With little sea room astern, but that’s a > seamanship issue). > No bail on the roller, and the poor lead from hand-hauling didn’t help. > Really, a short sprit plus the parallel-to-deck lead for the chain afforded > by a windlass would be ideal, but that feels like a lot of infrastructure > for a small lightweight boat. Any thoughts? > > Dave > > Windstar 33-2 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 26, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Adrian Humphreys <adri...@telamontech.com> > wrote: > > > > Anyone installed an anchor windlass on a 33-2? > > > > How did you? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Adrian Humphreys > > Epilogue, Rockport ME > > C&C 33-2 > > adri...@telamontech.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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