New anchor windlass installed on Hunter P 42

BBC16385

BBC16385

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Sep 14, 2004
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Hunter 42 Deltaville VA
We have a 1997 Hunter Passage 42. The original windlass, Simpson Lawrence Anchorman Sprint Atlantic 900, died after about six years of abuse. I replaced that with another one and it lasted until this August. The windlass model was discontinued years ago. The QUICK RIDER R3 P 1012 LOW PROFILE VERTICAL WINDLASS 1000W 12V was a perfect replacement and was installed Friday, 10/19/26. It is the gipsy only version. I had not used the drum on the S/L in 30 years. Gipsy only saved about $600.
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Terry Cox

Terry Cox

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Dec 25, 2000
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Hunter Passage 42 Shelter Bay, WA
BBC16385 said:
The original windlass, Simpson Lawrence Anchorman Sprint Atlantic 900, died after about six years of abuse.
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Wow. Nice fit. Our original 1991 Maxwell horizontal with drum and gypsy remain in good condition even after using it hundreds of times. The drum gets used just about every time to bring in the rope before moving the chain over to the gypsy.
 
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Hayden Watson

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Apr 5, 2009
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Catalina '88 C30 tr/bs Oak Harbor, WA
I am curious as to how well the chain feeds into the locker. Do you have any problems with the chain piling up on the horizontal part. My C30 had a simular setup but was capstan only so it would not pull chain. I considered installing a windlass just like yours but fear of the chain not feeding prompted me to install a vertical windlass with the chain pipe directly over the deepest part of the locker.
 
Terry Cox

Terry Cox

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Dec 25, 2000
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Hunter Passage 42 Shelter Bay, WA
Hayden Watson said:
Do you have any problems with the chain piling up on the horizontal part.
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Yes, but only if left unattended while in operation. Whether launching or retrieving, I always pay by hand to avoid jamming. That way I can also inspect the system as I pay it into or out of the locker. The drum brings in 60/90 feet of rope that I lay into the locker, then when the shackle arrives I switch the chain over to the gypsy. Doing it this way avoids any chance of jamming.

Our locker is pretty full with 150' of spare rode and 400' of primary anchor rode. Primary has 50' chain, 150' rope, another 50' chain and 150' of rope in the event I have to go really deep.
 
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Apr 5, 2009
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Catalina '88 C30 tr/bs Oak Harbor, WA
Terry Cox said:
Yes, but only if left unattended while in operation. Whether launching or retrieving, I always pay by hand to avoid jamming. That way I can also inspect the system as I pay it into or out of the locker. The drum brings in 60/90 feet of rope that I lay into the locker, then when the shackle arrives I switch the chain over to the gypsy. Doing it this way avoids any chance of jamming.

Our locker is pretty full with 150' of spare rode and 400' of primary anchor rode. Primary has 50' chain, 150' rope, another 50' chain and 150' of rope in the event I have to go really deep.
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I have my locker divided into front and aft sections. The nylon does not like to play nice without a little tensino on the tail to keep it from getting stuck so I lightly hand-over-hand that into the aft section. Then once the chain is in the gypsy, I drop the tail and the chain drops into the forward section without any help. This way, the chain does not slip down through the nylon which seems to cause problems when deploying. I have plenty of room for the 400' of nylon in the aft section and my current 30' of 5/16" chain in the forward section. I plan to increase the chain to 120' and it will fit and still leave more than 12" drop to the pile.
 
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