Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-30 Thread Marek Dziedzic
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Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Martin DeYoung
-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:01 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) The wheel on an anchor windlass that is designed to pull on the chain is indeed called a gypsy. On many windlasses,

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Rick Brass
Martin DeYoung Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 5:06 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) I may have the exact name incorrect but the lower part of the vertical shaft windless can grip rope rode (size does matter) then as the transition to chain happens it

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Martin DeYoung
: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) "capable gypsy?" (remember, I'm a neophyte here) --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Martin DeYoung wrote: From: Martin DeYoung Subject: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 4:47 P

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Walter
"capable gypsy?" (remember, I'm a neophyte here) --- On Wed, 8/29/12, Martin DeYoung wrote: From: Martin DeYoung Subject: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 4:47 PM >> Would a windla

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Martin DeYoung
amp;C 43 Seattle From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Richard Walter Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:25 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) Greetings, I admit I am completely ignorant

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Walter
"fly" is my way of saying, "...it is hanging from the bow" --- On Wed, 8/29/12, honeys...@aol.com wrote: From: honeys...@aol.com Subject: Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 4:37 PM Richard   1 quest

Re: Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread HONEYSAIL
Richard 1 question. How do you "fly" an anchor? Curious minds want to know. LOL Jack Fitzgeald C&C 39TM In a message dated 8/29/2012 4:25:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sailind...@yahoo.com writes: Greetings, I admit I am completely ignorant when it comes to windlasses. INDIGO (1978 36

Stus-List (now anchoring/windlass)

2012-08-29 Thread Richard Walter
Greetings, I admit I am completely ignorant when it comes to windlasses. INDIGO (1978 36-footer) has a double bow roller, but we only fly a single anchor. We carry a Danforth anchor on 33 feet of chain to braided rope rode. Like a schlub, I just set it and pull it up by hand. My questions: Wo