JohnGordon
Member
- Jul 19, 2010
- 161
- Boat Info
- 1999 330 Sundancer, 7.4MPI, V-Drive, 4.5 Westerbeke, Raymarine A98, Full Camper Canvas, Vitracore-So
- Engines
- 7.4MPI, V-Drive
Thought I would add a couple of pictures of my windlass.
I went with a Lewmar V700, Lewmar roller, Lewmar solenoid and breaker. Ran 6 AWG marine wire. I mounted the solenoid and breaker in the ER. I may move the breaker to someplace more accessible in the future in case it ever pops.
I ended up making a new pulpit. The original was starting to come apart and I wanted to make sure it was strong. For the new pulpit I used some teak I had laying around. My teak was too narrow so I butt-joined two pieces with a "biscuit" and epoxy. I then “epoxied” the whole thing to a 3/16” sheet of stainless. It ended up being around three inches shorter (wanted to cut down on leverage) and one inch wider than original. There is a ¼” sheet of aluminum under it for a backing plate. I did not want to make the anchor hatch unusable so I mounted everything to the pulpit. Also, this way I can always put it back to stock if need be.
When pulled up the swivel stops just before the windlass. When anchored I run up front and tie off to one of the cleats. I had a spool of Yale Super Plait so I used 300’ of that and 30’ of chain. 22 pound Lewmar Delta.
We used the heck out of it last summer and the setup works good. The only issue I had was the line would catch sometimes going back into the locker. I think I need to pull it all out and make sure there aren’t any twists in it.
I went with a Lewmar V700, Lewmar roller, Lewmar solenoid and breaker. Ran 6 AWG marine wire. I mounted the solenoid and breaker in the ER. I may move the breaker to someplace more accessible in the future in case it ever pops.
I ended up making a new pulpit. The original was starting to come apart and I wanted to make sure it was strong. For the new pulpit I used some teak I had laying around. My teak was too narrow so I butt-joined two pieces with a "biscuit" and epoxy. I then “epoxied” the whole thing to a 3/16” sheet of stainless. It ended up being around three inches shorter (wanted to cut down on leverage) and one inch wider than original. There is a ¼” sheet of aluminum under it for a backing plate. I did not want to make the anchor hatch unusable so I mounted everything to the pulpit. Also, this way I can always put it back to stock if need be.
When pulled up the swivel stops just before the windlass. When anchored I run up front and tie off to one of the cleats. I had a spool of Yale Super Plait so I used 300’ of that and 30’ of chain. 22 pound Lewmar Delta.
We used the heck out of it last summer and the setup works good. The only issue I had was the line would catch sometimes going back into the locker. I think I need to pull it all out and make sure there aren’t any twists in it.
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