I just replaced my old breaker blowing, jamming, 14 year old windlass. It turns out that the 50 feet of 3/8 BBB chain and the 200 feet of 3/4 nylon rope were incompatible with the existing gypsy. Gypsies are selective about their rode so if I were buying new I would make sure it would work with my existing windlass or my prospective new windlass. Check the manufacturers specification for rode before you buy.
Alan Liles SV Elendil C&C 37/40+ Vancouver > On Oct 2, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > It just occurred to me that I misspoke about the 9/16ths chain. I ment > 5/16ths. > > Josh > >> On Oct 2, 2017 11:48 AM, "Josh Muckley" <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Bruce, >> >> I'm in the process of upgrading/modifying my ground tackle in preps for a >> manual windlass. The PO had arranged a 35lbs Bruce claw with 20' of 3/8ths >> BBB chain shackled to 3/4" double braid which had an eye splice and thimble. >> The thimble was huge and made retrieving the anchor difficult since getting >> the thimble to roll over the bow roller was almost impossible. I never had >> to ride out a severe storm but there were a few spirited nights which held >> securely. Some people don't sleep well on the hook but I never had a >> problem. >> >> As for the upgrade: I found a manual Simpson Lawrence Anchorman 500 on ebay >> for ~$200. It came with a gypsy that is designed to seamlessly transition >> from rode to chain. Multiple gypsies were available but this one takes >> 9/16th g4 chain and 1/2 rode. I'd hear good things about plated nylon rode >> (it doesn't twist and cause hockles in the chain) so while I was wondering >> Bacon Sail in Annapolis I purchased their ~150 feet. I was also prepared to >> buy cut chain but when I toured in the back I found a small cardboard box >> labeled 9/16 g4 35'. It was a little shorter than I had planned but not too >> much shorter. >> >> I do all my own rope splices and rigging so it wasn't too much to find the >> instructions for doing a chain to rode splice. It turned out pretty well. >> I have yet to install the windlass. This season had only necessitated >> anchoring for 1 single 30 minute swim call. Evidently the plated rode >> swells when wet so my 50' flakes jammed tight and I couldn't untie the first >> one. I was only able to set the anchor with the chain in 7 foot depths. It >> held fine and pulled up a huge clump of mud but I wouldn't have trusted it. >> >> Josh Muckley >> S/V Sea Hawk >> 1989 C&C 37+ >> Solomons, MD >> >> >> >>> On Oct 2, 2017 8:59 AM, "Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List" >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We have a 1994 C&C 37/40+, and the anchor chain connected to its primary >>> anchor, a 35 lb. Delta, is fused together with rust. The chain is also >>> about 20 ft. in length, which I suspect is too short, as the conventional >>> wisdom I think is that chain at least as long as the boat is highly >>> recommended in order to keep the anchor set. >>> >>> Then there is the line, which is about 150 feet, which equally I think is a >>> little short, though we are located on the west side of Florida where >>> anchoring in 20 feet of water is almost an impossibility unless we're >>> stupid enough to set anchor in the middle of the ICW. That said, we will >>> eventually want to be doing some cruising down into the Caribbean, so I'm >>> thinking carrying some additional rode poses little downsides. >>> >>> Finally, I've read that the recommended line size is 1/8" for every 9 feet >>> of boat length, but of course that is somewhat relevant as to windage and >>> boat weight. I consider our C&C to be relatively low both on the windage >>> and weight scales, especially compared to the 40 foot powerboats I've seen >>> out there. The 1/2" line (which is on the boat now) has a breaking >>> strength of 7,500 lbs., but I presume the issue is more about chafe >>> protection than breaking strength per se. So, the questions are as follows: >>> >>> 1). What size, type and length of chain would you recommend? We don't >>> have a windlass now, but may eventually put one in. >>> >>> 2). Should I go with 9/16" line vs. the 1/2"? What length would you >>> recommend if you were going to consider cruising in the Caribbean? >>> >>> I'm thinking of carrying 40 ft. of BBB chain and 250 ft. of rode on the >>> primary Delta anchor, and perhaps a little less on both chain and line for >>> our secondary (a Danforth), though I'm not sure that carrying the lesser >>> amount on the secondary is advisable. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Bruce Whitmore >>> >>> (847) 404-5092 (mobile) >>> bwhitm...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. >>> October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small >>> contribution to help keep this list running. 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