Wal, Your waindlass is vertical I think about horizontal. To cut hole in structural deck is always problematic
Sent from my iPhon > On Apr 16, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Wally Bryant <w...@wbryant.com> wrote: > > Frank - Yes, the motor and everything important is lodged up in the front of > the V Berth, behind the bulkhead. I have actually come to the conclusion > that that was a brilliant move. After some hard use, it still works like > new, because it has never been wet. I've had too many conversations with > folks who put the windlass in the anchor locker, and it's all corroded like > an out of tune fiddle, and all I can say is 'welcome to salt water over the > bow.' > > My batteries are located all over the place. Okay, that was a joke. It's > all about keeping the boat in balance. I ran huge wires off the house bank. > Some folks believe that it's better to run small wires to a dedicated > windlass battery in the bow, but I don't buy it. A single battery in the bow > can get drained pretty fast. I like to leave the engine on a fast idle, > where the alternator is outputting 80A or so, and then haul the anchor up. > Sometimes you have to set the anchor a few times, for many reasons. Maybe > you'll misjudge the currents and breeze, and end up too close to another boat > and need to pull it up and move it over a bit. Sometimes something really > weird will happen. One time I couldn't set the anchor, and couldn't figure > it out because I knew I had a perfect bottom for my ground tackle. I had a > heck of a time hauling my anchor back up, and saw I'd fouled up on an entire > abandoned drift net that was spread all over the bottom. I hauled the whole > thing up with my windlass (another reason for over sizing the windlass.) > > Yeah, my power cables are 40 feet and thick and long. I knew a woman at West > Marine at the time of the installation, and got a good deal on the wire. It > ain't cheap. > > Wal > > you wrote: >> Wal, Thanks >> 1.Did you install windlass behind anchor locker? I've seen installed on the >> anchor locker fwd and behind was removable accrss cover >> >> 2. Where your bateries are located and how many Ah? if battery are in >> original place and some under berth close by so the power cable must be >> approx 40 Ft. >> >> V/R >> Frank Woronkowicz >> LF 38 >> Annapolis, Md > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
