Windlass installation
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Here is mine. At first I had rope rode. When I went to chain, I moved the teak 1.75 inch dase forward to get a better drop into the chain locker. The block raises the windlass to get a better feed to the anchor roller. It SHOULD be downhill to the roller, but in this arrangement, it is only horizontal pull. Works okay w/ 35 CQR.
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The boat was designed to have a windlass in the anchor locker. That shelf is layed up full laminate designed to support the load. All the Lewmars have downloadable install guides that provide dimensions and install instructions. This includes recommendations for alignment and attachment. I doubt you will be able to fit one with the chain gypsy and the rope capstan - so you will use a gypsy with rope/chain capability. A great upgrade. Consider doing a washdown pump (that bulkhead hose fitting in Ron's photo), it completes the job of easy anchoring.
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If you do decide to install a windlass, while our boat is not the same as yours, we made a mistake that based on photos here might have been made by others. According to our windlass specifications, the road should come in at an angle that could have been only achieved were the windlass to be installed on a wedge with the front of the windlass slightly angled up. I didn't think of fabricating a wedge. The result is that when retrieving the anchor and making the transition from line to chain, there does not seem to be enough line on the gypsy to make the transition without stepping on the road in front of the gypsy, essentially correcting the angle.
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On a horizontal shaft, raising only the front will have no difference in how much chain is on the gypsy. In post 5, the raise of 1.75 inch only made a small amount of downward angle. Not much of a change, but it's all I could muster. And the rode has to go down through (Preferably) the center of the hole to the locker.
@Babette04 did you install? We have a 323 and I'd like a Windlass. Wondering if you have a make/model to recommend? Pictures?