1989 Weekender Anchor Winch

[Mike Pelonzi]

Hello All I just bought a 1989 weekender and love it Going to do some upgrades. A couple of What is a good anchor winch and best way to mount it. Also one of the boards on the swim platform is missing and want to replace both of them. What is the actual name for these and best place to buy. Safe travels . Mike

 

[Paul Markovich]

Hello All I just bought a 1989 weekender and love it Going to do some upgrades. A couple of What is a good anchor winch and best way to mount it. Also one of the boards on the swim platform is missing and want to replace both of them. What is the actual name for these and best place to buy. Safe travels . Mike

Hi Mike, installed a Lewmar windlass a while back on my 2000 215 express cruiser.

Not an easy task I must say. Probably one of my most difficult. I would rate it twice as hard as changing your impeller yourself. The scariest part is drilling big holes up top.

I had to relocate the navigation lights and install a anchor roller too. The big holes went just in front of the “bulkhead” so the rode would wall the furthest into the anchor locker. I made a jig so I could drill two big holes that ended up being through part of the hatch. I had to beef up the underside of the hatch with starboard because I wanted the hatch to still open. Careful planning over the winter then installed it the spring of 2008 and it still works. Mistake I made was using wood for the underneath of the anchor roller and under the hatch. I painstakingly encapsulated the marine grade wood with epoxy but water made it in and it rotted a few years later. Use Starboard.
Windlass including: anchor roller, navigation lights, neat cleat, wood, anchor rode, wire, windlass, connectors, anchor lock, tools, nuts and bolts = $1060.00

 

[Paul Markovich]

Hi Mike, installed a Lewmar windlass a while back on my 2000 215 express cruiser. View attachment 95325Not an easy task I must say. Probably one of my most difficult. I would rate it twice as hard as changing your impeller yourself. The scariest part is drilling big holes up top. View attachment 95326I had to relocate the navigation lights and install a anchor roller too. The big holes went just in front of the “bulkhead” so the rode would wall the furthest into the anchor locker. I made a jig so I could drill two big holes that ended up being through part of the hatch. I had to beef up the underside of the hatch with starboard because I wanted the hatch to still open. Careful planning over the winter then installed it the spring of 2008 and it still works. Mistake I made was using wood for the underneath of the anchor roller and under the hatch. I painstakingly encapsulated the marine grade wood with epoxy but water made it in and it rotted a few years later. Use Starboard.
Windlass including: anchor roller, navigation lights, neat cleat, wood, anchor rode, wire, windlass, connectors, anchor lock, tools, nuts and bolts = $1060.00