During the years spent sailing around the South coast of England and Northern France the need for a windlass was never uppermost in our thoughts. The ready availability of mooring buoys, mooring piles, and marina berths has caused us to anchor only rarely. Chione's Builder had suggested at the outset that an electric windlass would be a good idea but we spurned the suggestion at the time. On the few occasions we have used the anchor we began to see the error of our ways.
So, with an increased reliance upon this form of mooring on the West Coast of Scotland, and considering the longer scope required for the deeper waters up there, an electric windlass has become a necessity. However the restricted room in the anchor well beneath her bowsprit does not make this a particularly easy job. A review of the available options has lead us the Lewmar Pro-700 horizontal windlass, which we have now acquired. All we need to do now is put our heads together with the nice people in Ardfern's workshop to figure out how best to fit it in.
The parts list from Lewmar runs as follows:
- Pro 700 windlass with 7mm chain/rope gypsy (Part #6656011197).
- The 50A circuit breaker included with the windlass (Part #68000348).
- Contactor dual (i.e. Up & Down) 12v (Part #0052531)
- Hand held Control (Part #68000599) - these last two items being used in place of the Toggle Switch provided with the windlass.
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