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Anchor Windlass Project

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rbrtfeld:
For anyone that had thought about a windlass for the 323, I saw this picture of a windlass setup on a boat for sale on Yachtworld. This is the same project I have been working on. It was nice to see someone already thought of the deck buildup to make the chain and line to match up with the height of the Gypsy. It needs to be around 5 1/2 inches. I built up my deck 3 1/2 inches and now to finish the job I plan to fit an Anchorlift Dolphin 1000 D1012C almost exactly like the one in the picture. I will send more pictures when I complete mine and will have a better idea of the  time and money involved. I think I want to know, maybe not. Hey it's a Boat.

Dave:
My wife handles the anchor most of the time. She has been asking about this so I am watching this thread with great anticipation. Lots of photos and lots of details would be great. The price part scares me.

Dulcinea:
Thanks for posting that pic.  I am also about to install a windlass.  After buying the Lewmar H3 horizontal windlass, a bit bulky and hard to fit with the limited deck space on a 323, I exchanged it for a Maxwell 10-8 vertical with gypsy only.  The picture you posted tends to make me feel better about getting the vertical as the installation, even with the pad underneath seems to be a cleaner install.  As information, having handled the Lewmar h3, a product at the top of their offerings, the Maxwell unit appears to be sturdier in weight and build (made in New Zealand) and the electrical parts (switches, circuit breaker)  remind me of the quality Blue Sea Systems stuff.  As for chain, I bought 200 ft of Acco g4.  It gets a bit expensive but this is one of the areas where you can beat Defender's prices.  They have 5/16 G4 at $4.29 while windlasschain.com will sell it for $3.50 but seems to want to sell pre-cut lengths.  Maybe they're an outlet for leftovers from big jobs or from the factory.  Saved me $158.00, though.

As we all know, solid ground tackle is critical to the safety of your boat and til now, I have been guilty of giving it far less attention (and boat dollars) than it deserves.  For me at least at 64 years old, the ability to effortlessly deploy and retrieve a heavy, stout anchor and chain rode makes cruising more pleasurable and will no doubt make us less likely to end up as "marina hoppers". As we go through our individual installs, let's continue to document experiences here.  Would be a big help to me and I'm sure others as well.

rbrtfeld:
Dulcinea,
The Maxwell is a great windlass, but I hope you can get it to fit if you are going to build up the deck like in the picture. In order to get the chain to line up without some kind of modification on the deck before it gets to the Gypsy, you need about 5 1/2 inches of Height.  This of course depends on the anchor roller you have.  Then you have to think about the units shaft assembly being long enough to reach the motor in the Locker area. I had to order a spare shaft from Anchorlift and will have to couple them together on order to have the key on the shaft fit and reach the Motor and gear assembly. Also I had to order extra length SS all thread for the Studs to reach as well. This turned out to be a bigger and more expensive project that I thought it was going to be. My advice is to think about the measurements and re-think them over and over again. There is such limited space to fit the Motor that it becomes a problem not matter what you choose to do. I bought my Anchorlift Dolphin 1000 about a year ago and then changed my mind and bought a earlier version of the Quick Prince model DP2E Vertical that I thought would be easier to install. I then let someone change my mind that we could make the Achorlift 1000 fit. If I had to do it over again, I would highly consider the Quick unit. Maxwell has a unit that is similar (RC6) but only has 500 watts of power and is probally to small to work for you. Hope I did not make you crazy thinking about this. I went back and forth a least 10 times. I am still not sure I am doing the right thing but I am planning on trying to finish my install in the middle of Feb. I just want to get it over with and don't want to think about the time and money for this project. I will post pictures.  Good luck and let me know what you think you can come up with for your boat. Maybe between us we can help someone else come up with a better way. It sucks getting old, if I was 22 again, I would pull the anchor up by hand.

Dulcinea:
Good advice.  Getting longer studs is no problem, but extending the shaft could be a long range issue.  May the horizontal is better, just have to extend the studs.  Thanks

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